Re: using runit as init

[Bernhard Graf <list-supervision@augensalat.de>]

Charlie Brady wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Jan 2008, Mike Buland wrote:
> > Finally, if you really do want to start an rc script and make it
> > appear as though it were a normal runit system service, then I
> > would reccomend starting it in a run script, then executing a
> > command that blocks forever.  The service will use effectively no
> > CPU time, but will stay running, forever.
>
> For instance, compile:
>
> main()
> {
>     pause();
> }
>
> into /usr/local/bin/pause, and then have a run script:
>
> #! /bin/sh
> do_something_you_care_about
> exec /usr/local/bin/pause

Nice. Will try it.
-- 
Bernhard Graf