That newfangled Journal thing
That newfangled Journal thing
Posted Nov 27, 2011 2:44 UTC (Sun) by HelloWorld (guest, #56129)In reply to: That newfangled Journal thing by dlang
Parent article: That newfangled Journal thing
> systemd strongly encourages (if not outright requires) that the logic be implemented in C code
I don't understand why people keep spreading this stupid lie. systemd requires no such thing; if you actually want to write a shell script to start your service, you're free to do so.
That said, I agree with Lennarts assessment that bourne-style shell scripts are a nightmare for robustness and maintainability and are best avoided. This is where systemd comes in: it offers a configuration file format that allows most of what is commonly done in init scripts (i. e. setting environment variables, rlimits and all that), yet is *much* simpler, more maintainable and generally easier to work with.
I don't understand why people keep spreading this stupid lie. systemd requires no such thing; if you actually want to write a shell script to start your service, you're free to do so.
That said, I agree with Lennarts assessment that bourne-style shell scripts are a nightmare for robustness and maintainability and are best avoided. This is where systemd comes in: it offers a configuration file format that allows most of what is commonly done in init scripts (i. e. setting environment variables, rlimits and all that), yet is *much* simpler, more maintainable and generally easier to work with.