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/usr/bin/chpst

UNIX init scheme with service supervision

From runit 2.3.1-r5 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running chpst -help (exit 100). permalink

chpst: illegal option -- h
usage: chpst [-vVP012] [-u user[:group]] [-U user[:group]] [-b argv0] [-e dir] [-/ root] [-C pwd] [-n nice] [-l|-L lock] [-m n] [-d n] [-o n] [-p n] [-f n] [-c n] [-t n] prog
Options (19)
OptionDescriptionSource
-b argv0argv0.man
-e direnvdir.man
-C pwdchdir.man
-n incnice.man
-l locklock.man
-L lockThe same as -l, but fail immediately if lock is locked by another process.man
-m byteslimit memory.man
-d byteslimit data segment.man
-o nlimit open files.man
-p nlimit processes.man
-f byteslimit output size.man
-c byteslimit core size.man
-t secondslimit CPU time.man
-vverbose.man
-Vversion string.man
-Ppgrphack.man
-0Close standard input before starting prog.man
-1Close standard output before starting prog.man
-2Close standard error before starting prog.man
Exit status (2) from the manual page
100called with wrong options
111it has trouble changing the process state

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