Re: 'svc -d' doesn't wait for exit

Brian Reichert wrote:

>>> Is there a preferred mechanism to accomplish this, other than a
>>> busy-wait on checking the output of 'svstat'?

>> That's the simplest way.

> So I figured; thanks for the reply...

My stop script for supervised processes under FreeBSD
currently looks like this -

stop)
        # Stop supervised processes, then their log daemons.
        svc -d /service/*
        COUNT=10
        # Loop to ensure all processes went down.
        while svstat /service/* | grep ': up ' > /dev/null
        do
            COUNT=$(expr $COUNT - 1)
            [ $COUNT -eq 0 ] && break
            sleep 5
        done
        if svstat /service/* | grep ': up ' > /dev/null
        then
            # Note: possible race - not life threatening.
            echo "Services still up:"
            svstat /service/*
        fi
        # Drop the logging daemons regardless (we may lose output)
        svc -d /service/*/log
        ;;


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Regards,
  Daryl Tester, IOCANE Pty. Ltd.