[SOLVED] Systemd dependency not working

jsbjsb001 · 02-28-2019, 10:02 AM

If it's being run via your service, you'd simply stop/restart your service that's running it with systemctl.

If you were running it directly, you could press CTRL+C (without the plus sign).

NikkyG · 02-28-2019, 10:21 AM

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If it's being run via your service, you'd simply stop/restart your service that's running it with systemctl.

I thought that even though the service was the one that started it, since the loop is infinite, stopping the service would not have any impact. I'll try that.
Thanks.

EDIT: stopping the service does make the script to stop. However, when modifying the script and restarting the service, changes are not taken into account (looks like it keeps a memory of the script before modification).

jsbjsb001 · 03-01-2019, 11:28 AM

Sorry NikkyG, I would have assumed the same thing myself, it seems that it's not the case (maybe because it's a script rather than an executable?).

While I haven't tested it myself, from my reading, you could try adding the "KillMode=" option to your service file. So it looks something like the following;

Code:

KillMode=process

From my understanding the above means, when you stop the service, the process the service starts will be killed - hence that option's name.

You can read more about it in the link below.

https://www.freedesktop.org/software...emd.kill.html#

NikkyG · 03-02-2019, 11:03 AM

Thank you. I'll look into that.
I will close this thread. You've been both very helpful, thanks a lot again.