Allow rc.d script to provide "status" method without having a procname/PID file

[sobomax]

Summary

Allow rc.d script to provide "status" method, even if it does not have a procname/pid file. This might be useful for other cases, such as mounting local FS, configuring loopback etc, when there is no running daemon still some other persistent state in the system whose status can be checked.

Test Plan

Consider this script in the /usr/local/etc/rc.d/foo:

#!/bin/sh

# PROVIDE: foo
# REQUIRE: tmp

. /etc/rc.subr

name="foo"
rcvar="${name}_enable"
desc="Configure foo"
start_cmd="enable_foo"
status_cmd="foo_status"

stop_cmd=':'

enable_foo()
{
        touch /tmp/foo
}

foo_status()
{
        if [ -f /tmp/foo ]
        then
                return 0
        fi
        return 1
}

load_rc_config $name
run_rc_command "$1"

Without this patch attempt to do "service foo onestatus" gives me:

$ service foo onestatus
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/foo: unknown directive 'status'.
Usage: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/foo [fast|force|one|quiet](start|stop|restart|rcvar|enabled|describe|extracommands)

After applying this patch:

$ service foo onestatus || echo 'foo is down!'
foo is down!

[cy]

Good idea.

When committing we should include relnotes.

[jlduran_gmail.com]

I like the overall intention, however the example provided can be accomplished without any patch with:

#!/bin/sh

# PROVIDE: foo
# REQUIRE: tmp

. /etc/rc.subr

name="foo"
rcvar="${name}_enable"
desc="Configure foo"
load_rc_config $name

start_cmd="${name}_start"
stop_cmd=':'

extra_commands="status"
status_cmd="${name}_status"

foo_start()
{
	touch /tmp/foo
}

foo_status()
{
	if [ -f /tmp/foo ]; then
		echo "foo is running."
		return 0
	fi
	echo "foo is down!"
	return 1
}

run_rc_command "$1"

[jlduran_gmail.com]

Reading the usage message, I wonder if status, poll, and reload should also be added to the list?

Usage: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/foo [fast|force|one|quiet](start|stop|reload|restart|status|poll|rcvar|enabled|describe|extracommands)

Maybe, I should ask the doc team. Thank you!