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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS .\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR .\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF .\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS .\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN .\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .Dd April 18, 2002 .Dt RC.SUBR 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm rc.subr .Nd functions used by system shell scripts .Sh SYNOPSIS .Bl -item .It .Li . /etc/rc.subr .It .Ic backup_file Ar action Ar file Ar current Ar backup .It .Ic checkyesno Ar var .It .Ic check_pidfile Ar pidfile Ar procname Op Ar interpreter .It .Ic check_process Ar procname Op Ar interpreter .It .Ic debug Ar message .It .Ic err Ar exitval Ar message .It .Ic force_depend Ar name .It .Ic info Ar message .It .Ic load_rc_config Ar command .It .Ic mount_critical_filesystems Ar type .It .Ic rc_usage Ar command Op Ar ... .It .Ic reverse_list Ar item Op Ar ... .It .Ic run_rc_command Ar argument .It .Ic run_rc_script Ar file Ar argument .It .Ic set_rcvar Op Ar base .It .Ic wait_for_pids Op Ar pid Op Ar ... .It .Ic warn Ar message .El .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm contains commonly used shell script functions and variable definitions which are used by various scripts such as .Xr rc 8 . Scripts required by ports in .Pa /usr/local/etc/rc.d will also eventually be rewritten to make use of it. .Pp The .Nm functions were mostly imported from .Nx and it is intended that they remain synced between the two projects. With that in mind there are several variable definitions that can help in this regard. They are: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Ic OSTYPE Its value will be either .Fx or .Nx , depending on which OS it is running on. .It Ic SYSCTL The path to the .Xr sysctl 8 command. .It Ic SYSCTL_N The path and argument list to display only the .Xr sysctl 8 values instead of a name=value pair. .It Ic SYSCTL_W The path and argument to write or modify .Xr sysctl 8 values. .El .Pp The .Nm functions are accessed by sourcing .Pa /etc/rc.subr into the current shell. .Pp The following shell functions are available: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Xo .Ic backup_file Ar action Ar file Ar current Ar backup .Xc Make a backup copy of .Ar file into .Ar current . If the .Xr rc.conf 5 variable .Sy backup_uses_rcs is .Sq YES , use .Xr rcs 1 to archive the previous version of .Ar current , otherwise save the previous version of .Ar current as .Ar backup . .Pp .Ar action may be one of the following: .Bl -tag -width remove .It Sy add .Ar file is now being backed up by or possibly re-entered into this backup mechanism. .Ar current is created, and if necessary, the .Xr rcs 1 files are created as well. .It Sy update .Ar file has changed and needs to be backed up. If .Ar current exists, it is copied to .Ar backup or checked into .Xr rcs 1 (if the repository file is old), and then .Ar file is copied to .Ar current . .It Sy remove .Ar file is no longer being tracked by this backup mechanism. If .Xr rcs 1 is being used, an empty file is checked in and .Ar current is removed, otherwise .Ar current is moved to .Ar backup . .El .It Ic checkyesno Ar var Return 0 if .Ar var is defined to .Sq YES , .Sq TRUE , .Sq ON , or .Sq 1 . Return 1 if .Ar var is defined to .Sq NO , .Sq FALSE , .Sq OFF , or .Sq 0 . Otherwise, warn that .Ar var is not set correctly. The values are case insensitive. .It Xo .Ic check_pidfile .Ar pidfile .Ar procname .Op Ar interpreter .Xc Parses the first word of the first line of .Ar pidfile for a PID, and ensures that the process with that PID is running and its first argument matches .Ar procname . Prints the matching PID if successfull, otherwise nothing. If .Ar interpreter is provided, parse the first line of .Ar procname , ensure that the line is of the form .Dl #! interpreter [...] and use .Ar interpreter with its optional arguments and .Ar procname appended as the process string to search for. .It Ic check_process Ar procname Op Ar interpreter Prints the PIDs of any processes that are running with a first argument that matches .Ar procname . .Ar interpreter is handled as per .Ic check_pidfile . .It Ic debug Ar message Display a debugging message to .Em stderr , log it to the system log using .Xr logger 1 , and return to the caller. The error message consists of the script name (from .Sy $0 ) , followed by .Dq ": DEBUG: " , and then .Ar message . This function is intended to be used by developers as an aid to debugging scripts. It can be turned on or off by the .Xr rc.conf 5 variable .Em rc_debug . .It Ic err Ar exitval Ar message Display an error message to .Em stderr , log it to the system log using .Xr logger 1 , and .Cm exit with an exit value of .Ar exitval . The error message consists of the script name (from .Sy $0 ) , followed by .Dq ": ERROR: " , and then .Ar message . .It Ic force_depend name Output an advisory message and force the .Ar name service to start. The .Ar name argument is the .Xr basename 1 , component of the path to the script, usually .Em /etc/rc.d/name . If the script fails for any reason it will output a warning and return with a return value of 1. If it was successful it will return 0. .It Ic info Ar message Display an informational message to .Em stdout , and log it to the system log using .Xr logger 1 . The message consists of the script name (from .Sy $0 ) , followed by .Dq ": INFO: " , and then .Ar message . The display of this informational output can be turned on or off by the .Xr rc.conf 5 variable .Em rc_info . .It Ic load_rc_config Ar command Source in the configuration files for .Ar command . First, .Pa /etc/rc.conf is sourced if it has not yet been read in. Then, .Pa /etc/rc.conf.d/ Ns Ar command is sourced if it is an existing file. The latter may also contain other variable assignments to override .Ic run_rc_command arguments defined by the calling script, to provide an easy mechanism for an administrator to override the behaviour of a given .Xr rc.d 8 script without requiring the editing of that script. .It Ic mount_critical_filesystems Ar type Go through a list of critical file systems, as found in the .Xr rc.conf 5 variable .Sy critical_filesystems_ Ns Ar type , mounting each one that is not currently mounted. .It Ic rc_usage Ar command Op Ar ... Print a usage message for .Sy $0 , with .Ar commands being the list of valid arguments prefixed by .Dq "[fast|force]" . .It Ic reverse_list Ar item Op Ar ... Print the list of .Ar items in reverse order. .It Ic run_rc_command Ar argument Run the .Ar argument method for the current .Xr rc.d 8 script, based on the settings of various shell variables. .Ic run_rc_command is extremely flexible, and allows fully functional .Xr rc.d 8 scripts to be implemented in a small amount of shell code. .Pp .Ar argument is searched for in the list of supported commands, which may be one of: .Dl start stop restart rcvar as well as any word listed in the optional variable .Sy extra_commands . If .Sy pidfile or .Sy procname is set, also allow: .Dl status poll .Pp .Ar argument may have one of the following prefixes which alters its operation: .Bl -tag -width "Prefix" -offset indent -compact .It Sy Prefix .Sy Operation .It Li fast Skip the check for an existing running process, and sets .Sy rc_fast=YES . .It Li force Skip the checks for .Sy rcvar being set to yes, and sets .Sy rc_force=YES . This ignores .Ar argument Ns Sy _precmd returning non-zero, and ignores any of the .Sy required_* tests failing . .El .Pp .Ic run_rc_command uses the following shell variables to control its behaviour. Unless otherwise stated, these are optional. .Bl -tag -width procname -offset indent .It Sy name The name of this script. This is not optional. .It Sy rcvar The value of .Sy rcvar is checked with .Ic checkyesno to determine if this method should be run. .It Sy command Full path to the command. Not required if .Ar argument Ns Sy _cmd is defined for each supported keyword. .It Sy command_args Optional arguments and/or shell directives for .Sy command . .It Sy command_interpreter .Sy command is started with .Dl #! command_interpreter [...] which results in its .Xr ps 1 command being .Dl command_interpreter [...] command so use that string to find the PID(s) of the running command rather than .Ql command . .It Sy extra_commands Extra commands/keywords/arguments supported. .It Sy pidfile Path to pid file. Used to determine the PID(s) of the running command. If .Sy pidfile is set, use .Dl check_pidfile $pidfile $procname to find the PID. Otherwise, if .Sy command is set, use .Dl check_process $procname to find the PID. .It Sy procname Process name to check for. Defaults to the value of .Sy command . .It Sy required_dirs Check for the existence of the listed directories before running the default start method. .It Sy required_files Check for the readability of the listed files before running the default start method. .It Sy required_vars Perform .Ic checkyesno on each of the list variables before running the default start method. .It Sy ${name}_chdir Directory to .Ic cd to before running .Sy command , if .Sy ${name}_chroot is not provided. .It Sy ${name}_chroot Directory to .Xr chroot 8 to before running .Sy command . Only supported after .Pa /usr is mounted. .It Sy ${name}_flags Arguments to call .Sy command with. This is usually set in .Xr rc.conf 5 , and not in the .Xr rc.d 8 script. The environment variable .Sq Ev flags can be used to override this. .It Sy ${name}_nice .Xr nice 1 level to run .Sy command as. Only supported after .Pa /usr is mounted. .It Sy ${name}_user User to run .Sy command as, using .Xr chroot 8 . if .Sy ${name}_chroot is set, otherwise uses .Xr su 1 . Only supported after .Pa /usr is mounted. .It Sy ${name}_group Group to run the chrooted .Sy command as. .It Sy ${name}_groups Comma separated list of supplementary groups to run the chrooted .Sy command with. .It Ar argument Ns Sy _cmd Shell commands which override the default method for .Ar argument . .It Ar argument Ns Sy _precmd Shell commands to run just before running .Ar argument Ns Sy _cmd or the default method for .Ar argument . If this returns a non-zero exit code, the main method is not performed. If the default method is being executed, this check is performed after the .Sy required_* checks and process (non-)existence checks. .It Ar argument Ns Sy _postcmd Shell commands to run if running .Ar argument Ns Sy _cmd or the default method for .Ar argument returned a zero exit code. .It Sy sig_stop Signal to send the processes to stop in the default .Sy stop method. Defaults to .Dv SIGTERM . .It Sy sig_reload Signal to send the processes to reload in the default .Sy reload method. Defaults to .Dv SIGHUP . .El .Pp For a given method .Ar argument , if .Ar argument Ns Sy _cmd is not defined, then a default method is provided by .Sy run_rc_command : .Bl -tag -width "argument" -offset indent .It Sy Argument .Sy Default method .It Sy start If .Sy command is not running and .Ic checkyesno Sy rcvar succeeds, start .Sy command . .It Sy stop Determine the PIDs of .Sy command with .Ic check_pidfile or .Ic check_process (as appropriate), .Ic kill Sy sig_stop those PIDs, and run .Ic wait_for_pids on those PIDs. .It Sy reload Similar to .Sy stop , except that it uses .Sy sig_reload instead, and doesn't run .Ic wait_for_pids . .It Sy restart Runs the .Sy stop method, then the .Sy start method. .It Sy status Show the PID of .Sy command , or some other script specific status operation. .It Sy poll Wait for .Sy command to exit. .It Sy rcvar Display which .Xr rc.conf 5 variable is used (if any). This method always works, even if the appropriate .Xr rc.conf 5 variable is set to .Sq NO . .El .Pp The following variables are available to the methods (such as .Ar argument Ns Sy _cmd ) as well as after .Ic run_rc_command has completed: .Bl -tag -width "rc_flags" -offset indent .It Sy rc_arg Argument provided to .Sy run_rc_command , after fast and force processing has been performed. .It Sy rc_flags Flags to start the default command with. Defaults to .Sy ${name}_flags , unless overridden by the environment variable .Sq Ev flags . This variable may be changed by the .Ar argument Ns Sy _precmd method. .It Sy rc_pid PID of .Sy command (if appropriate). .It Sy rc_fast Not empty if .Dq fast prefix was used. .It Sy rc_force Not empty if .Dq force prefix was used. .El .It Ic run_rc_script Ar file Ar argument Start the script .Ar file with an argument of .Ar argument , and handle the return value from the script. .Pp Various shell variables are unset before .Ar file is started: .Bd -ragged -offset indent .Sy name , .Sy command , .Sy command_args , .Sy command_interpreter , .Sy extra_commands , .Sy pidfile , .Sy rcvar , .Sy required_dirs , .Sy required_files , .Sy required_vars , .Ar argument Ns Sy _cmd , .Ar argument Ns Sy _precmd . .Ar argument Ns Sy _postcmd . .Ed .Pp The startup behaviour of .Ar file depends upon the following checks: .Bl -enum .It If .Ar file ends in .Pa .sh , it is sourced into the current shell. .It If .Ar file appears to be a backup or scratch file (e.g., with a suffix of .Sq ~ , .Sq # , .Sq .OLD , or .Sq .orig ) , ignore it. .It If .Ar file is not executable, ignore it. .It If the .Xr rc.conf 5 variable .Sy rc_fast_and_loose is empty, source .Ar file in a sub shell, otherwise source .Ar file into the current shell. .El .It Ic set_rcvar Op Ar base Set the variable name required to start a service. In .Fx a daemon is usually controlled by an .Xr rc.conf 5 variable consisting of a daemon's name postfixed by the string .Sy "_enable" . This is not the case in .Nx . When the following line is included in a script .Pp .Dl rcvar=`set_rcvar` .Pp This function will use the value of the .Sy $name variable, which should be defined by the calling script, to construct the appropriate .Xr rc.conf 5 knob. If the .Ar base argument is set it will use .Ar base instead of .Sy $name . .It Ic wait_for_pids Op Ar pid Op Ar ... Wait until all of the provided .Ar pids don't exist any more, printing the list of outstanding .Ar pids every two seconds. .It Ic warn Ar message Display a warning message to .Em stderr and log it to the system log using .Xr logger 1 . The warning message consists of the script name (from .Sy $0 ) , followed by .Dq ": WARNING: " , and then .Ar message . .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/rc.subr -compact .It Pa /etc/rc.subr The .Nm file resides in .Pa /etc . .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr rc.conf 5 , .Xr rc 8 .Sh HISTORY .Nm appeared in .Nx 1.3 . The .Xr rc.d 8 support functions appeared in .Nx 1.5 . .Nm first appeared in .Fx 5.0 .