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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Safe systemd "reload" command
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On 06/04/2016 08:19 PM, Rich Freeman wrote:
> 
> Couldn't you just check for the existence of systemctl, and if it
> exists call "systemctl try-restart spamd".  That will only work if
> systemd is running and spamd is running.  I'm sure you can accomplish
> the same via dbus as well.
> 

Sounds good, do you want to try it and add it to the wiki? =)

I don't need anything complicated, but I don't run systemd, so I can't
actually test anything to make sure it works. But as long as someone
else says it does and it doesn't hurt openrc users (I can test that),
I'll ship it.