runit

brew install runit v2.3.1 BSD-3-Clause

Collection of tools for managing UNIX services

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90-day · #4797

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Caveats

This formula does not install runit as a replacement for init.
The service directory is $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/var/service instead of /service.

A system service that runs runsvdir with the default service directory is
provided. Alternatively you can run runsvdir manually:

     runsvdir -P $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/var/service

Depending on the services managed by runit, this may need to start as root.

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