On 16.4.2026 06:21, Harald Dunkel wrote:
This looks weird:
gate5b# rcctl ls failed
smtpd
gate5b# x=$(rcctl ls failed) && rcctl restart $x
gate5b# rcctl ls failed
smtpd
gate5b# echo $?
1
WTH?
gate5b# x=$(rcctl ls failed) || rcctl restart $x
smtpd(ok)
gate5b# rcctl ls failed
gate5b# echo $?
0
This is confusing. Imagine grep would exit 1 if it has found
something.
https://man.openbsd.org/rcctl
EXIT STATUS
rcctl action returns with the exit status of the rc.d(8) daemon script.
rcctl get daemon | service [status] exits with 0 if the daemon or
service is enabled and 1 if it is not. rcctl getdef daemon | service
[status] exits with 0 if the daemon or service is enabled by default and
1 if it is not. rcctl ls failed | rogue exits with 1 if an enabled
daemon is not running or vice versa. Otherwise, the rcctl utility exits
with 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs (2 indicates a non-existent
daemon | service).
Regards
Harri
