genrc - Summary
Free Software
Generic helper program for writing system initialization scripts. Depending on the operation mode, it starts, stops, reconfigures or displays the status of a specific program.
Primary audience is Slackware system administrators. However, the tool is generic enough to be used on any other Linux (and not only) distribution.
In the contrast to another similar programs like start-stop-daemon, it is designed so that the entire rc file can consist of only one line, invoking (or exec'ing) genrc with the right set of arguments.
Registration Date: Mon May 14 19:06:45 2018
License: GNU General Public License V3 or later
Development Status: 5 - Production/Stable
posted by gray, Fri Feb 27 13:26:20 2026 - 0 replies
Genrc version 2.2 is available for download. This version fixes behavior of the "restart" subcommand if the program to be restarted is not already running. In this case, genrc will warn about the fact and start the program as if given the "start" subcommand. This matches the expected startup script behavior.
posted by gray, Sun Dec 14 11:00:35 2025 - 0 replies
Genrc version 2.1 is available for download. User-visible changes in this version:
The special value ! used after resource letter in the -l option, sets the limit to "infinity" (meaning "no limit").
posted by gray, Thu Mar 20 13:07:03 2025 - 0 replies
Genrc version 2.0 is available for download. New in this release:
- Environment variables are no longer used by default.
- Command line processing rewritten from scratch.
- New option -C DIR: change to DIR. ...
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posted by gray, Tue Jul 16 13:49:21 2024 - 0 replies
This version implements new command verb: wait. It instructs genrc to wait for the service to finish and implies that its termination was initiated by some third-party means. The command exits with code 0 if the service has finished and with code 1 if stop timeout has been reached.
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