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> And if that service file screws up how do you troubleshoot it? You end up diving in to the source code of systemd, versus fixing a bug in your script.

? You end up diving in to the service file vs. the script.

> And don't get me started on binary log files.

Having worked with binary and plaintext log data for the better part of a decade now, I have to say that pretty much the entire set of claimed advantages of plaintext log data is very wrong, and we've wasted a ton of productivity & efficiency because of it.

If you really are sure of its superiority though, just put a little stub in front that converts the binary log to a human readable format that still needs a program in order to present to the user...

> SysVInit has served me thus far with no issues.

Speaking of attitude... there are two ways to look at that datapoint...



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