`# probe: true` in /etc/rc.d/init.d/* files on a RedHat system
- by Chen Levy
Some files (e.g. nfs, nfslock, bind) in my /etc/rc.d/init.d/ directory have in their comment header a line such as:
# probe: true
I found that those particular scripts has the probe verb i.e.:
service nfs probe
But this is due to the fact that the mentioned scripts has code that deals with the probe verb.
I find no mention of the # probe: true notation in chkconfig man page, nor in any related man pages. Googleing for it also didn't help.
Is there a real significance for that line, or is it pure documentation?