Concept Index (The GNU Shepherd Manual)

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A
	Index Entry	Section

	actions of services	Defining Services
	actor model, for services	Service Internals
	assertions	Errors
	`at` command, with timer service	Timer Service

B
	background, running commands	Transient Service Maker

C
	calendar events, for timers	Timers
	canonical name of services	Defining Services
	concurrent sequential processes, CSP	Service Internals
	configuration file	Invoking shepherd
	configuration file	Invoking shepherd
	configuration file, examples	Service Examples
	constructor of a service	Defining Services
	constructors, generation of	Service De- and Constructors
	cron, converting date specifications	Timers
	CSP, concurrent sequential processes	Service Internals

D
	daemon	herd and shepherd
	daemon controller	herd and shepherd
	deco, daemon controller	herd and shepherd
	destructor of a service	Defining Services
	destructors, generation of	Service De- and Constructors
	disabled service	Service De- and Constructors
	dmd	Introduction

E
	endpoints, for inetd services	Service De- and Constructors
	endpoints, for systemd services	Service De- and Constructors
	evaluating code in shepherd	The root Service
	extensibility	Jump Start

G
	generating constructors	Service De- and Constructors
	generating destructors	Service De- and Constructors
	GOOPS, former interface	Legacy GOOPS Interface
	graph of services	Jump Start
	graph of services	Defining Services
	Guile	Introduction

H
	herd	herd and shepherd
	herd	Invoking herd
	herd	Invoking reboot
	herd	Invoking halt
	herding, of daemons	herd and shepherd

I
	inetd mode, example	Service Examples
	inetd-style services	Service De- and Constructors
	insecure	Invoking shepherd
	invoking `shepherd`	Invoking shepherd

K
	kexec, rebooting into a new Linux kernel	Invoking reboot

L
	log file	Invoking shepherd
	log rotation	Log Rotation Service
	logging	Invoking shepherd

O
	on-demand, starting services	Service De- and Constructors
	on-demand, starting services	Service De- and Constructors
	one-shot services	Defining Services
	output	Communication

P
	periodic services	Timers
	protocol, between `shepherd` and its clients	Communication

R
	read-eval-print loop, REPL	REPL Service
	rebooting into a new Linux kernel with kexec	Invoking reboot
	relative file names	herd and shepherd
	REPL, read-eval-print loop	REPL Service
	replacement, or a service	Interacting with Services
	respawn delay	Defining Services
	respawn delay	Service De- and Constructors
	respawn limit	Defining Services
	respawn limit	Service De- and Constructors
	respawning services	Defining Services
	root service	The root Service
	rotating log files of services	Log Rotation Service

S
	Scheme	Introduction
	security	Invoking shepherd
	service	Services
	service actions	Defining Services
	service graph	Jump Start
	service manager	Introduction
	service registry	Service Registry
	shepherd	herd and shepherd
	`shepherd` Invocation	Invoking shepherd
	socket activation, starting services	Service De- and Constructors
	socket file, for `shepherd`	Invoking shepherd
	socket special file	Invoking shepherd
	special services	The root Service
	starting a service	Defining Services
	starting services, via socket activation	Service De- and Constructors
	stopping a service	Defining Services
	syslog	Invoking shepherd
	syslogd (system log)	System Log Service
	system errors	Errors
	system log (syslogd)	System Log Service
	systemd-style services	Service De- and Constructors

T
	termination of a service’s process	Defining Services
	timed services (timers)	Timers
	timer periodicity	Timers
	timer service, like `at`	Timer Service
	timer, example	Service Examples
	timers (timed services)	Timers
	transient service maker	Transient Service Maker
	transient services	Defining Services

V
	Vixie cron, converting date specifications	Timers