started(7)

NAME

   started - event signalling that a job is running

SYNOPSIS

   started JOB=JOB INSTANCE=INSTANCE [ENV]...

DESCRIPTION

   The  started  event  is generated by the Upstart init(8) daemon when an
   instance of a job has finished starting and is now  running.   The  JOB
   environment   variable   contains   the  job  name,  and  the  INSTANCE
   environment variable contains the instance name which will be empty for
   single-instance jobs.

   init(8) emits this event as an informational signal, services and tasks
   started or stopped by this event will do  so  in  parallel  with  other
   activity.   It  is  typically  combined  with  the stopping(7) event by
   services declaring a dependency.

   Job configuration files may use the export stanza to export environment
   variables  from  their  own  environment  into  the started event.  See
   init(5) for more details.

EXAMPLE

   A service that wishes to depend on another service might use:

          start on started apache
          stop on stopping apache

   A task that must be run after another task or service has been  started
   might use:

          start on started postgresql

SEE ALSO

   starting(7) stopping(7) stopped(7) init(5)

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