/etc/sv vs /etc/runit vs /var/service

/etc/sv vs /etc/runit vs /var/service

[Lars Kellogg-Stedman]

Hi there,

After reading through the docs for runit 1.6, I'm looking for some
thoughts on how /etc/sv relates to /var/service and
/etc/runit/runsvdir/current (the former the default for 'sv', the
latter the default for 'runsvchdir').

As best as I can figure, /var/service should be a symlink to
/etc/runit/runsvdir/current, and nothing really looks at /etc/sv -- so
it might just as well be something like /etc/runit/runsvdir/available
(with symlinks from current to ../available/<service> for those
services we want active).

Thanks for your comments,

-- Lars

-- 
Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars@oddbit.com>

Re: /etc/sv vs /etc/runit vs /var/service

[Gerrit Pape]

On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 08:43:00AM -0400, Lars Kellogg-Stedman wrote:
> After reading through the docs for runit 1.6, I'm looking for some
> thoughts on how /etc/sv relates to /var/service and
> /etc/runit/runsvdir/current (the former the default for 'sv', the
> latter the default for 'runsvchdir').
> 
> As best as I can figure, /var/service should be a symlink to
> /etc/runit/runsvdir/current, and nothing really looks at /etc/sv -- so

Yes, this is documented in
 http://smarden.org/runit/runlevels.html#prepare

Note, this is optional.

> it might just as well be something like /etc/runit/runsvdir/available
> (with symlinks from current to ../available/<service> for those
> services we want active).

Sure, it might also be /my/collection/of/service/directories/.  I chose
/etc/sv/ though.

Regards, Gerrit.