S6-RC-REPO-LIST(8)

📦 version 0.7.0.0, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 s6-rc-repo-list — bestie's guide to the s6-rc repo lister 💅

okay so real talk: this is a page from the System Manager's Manual — section 8, S6-RC-REPO-LIST(8) — and it's about a tiny little utility that does exactly one thing and does it slayfully. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

s6-rc-repo-list — literally just lists all the sets in an s6-rc repository. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

s6-rc-repo-list [-v verbosity] [-r repo] [-x exclude]

three optional flags, no required args, no drama. iconic. ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so s6-rc-repo-list goes through the repository and lists every single defined set in it. it prints one set name per line, clean and simple, like a little roster of your sets. ngl it's giving "roll call at the start of class" energy 📋💖

💜 OPTIONS 💜

  • -v verbosity, --verbosity=verbosity — be more or less chatty about what's happening. the default is 1, which means error messages and warnings get written to stderr. if you set it to 0, only error messages get written (so warnings are silenced, quiet queen behavior 🤫). set it to 2 or more and you also get informational messages — full commentary mode, no cap 💬
  • -r repo, --repository=repo — use the repository located in repo, which must exist (no magical auto-creating, sorry bestie 😭). the default is /var/lib/s6-rc/repository. 📁
  • -x exclude, --exclude=exclude — if the list happens to contain a set named exclude, then don't print it. skips it entirely. and like, the whole point? it can save you a whole grep -v invocation in your automation when you're piping the result of s6-rc-repo-list somewhere. efficient! we love a time-saver 👑

🔥 EXIT STATUS 🔥

  • 0 — Success. we ate. 💅
  • 100 — Incorrect usage. you called it wrong, bestie, try again 🙈
  • 111 — System call failed. this usually signals an issue with the underlying operating system, so like… not our fault, that's a whole system situation 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

also fyi, this man page is ported from the authoritative documentation at: https://skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/s6-rc-repo-list.html — go check the source, it's the main character 🌈

⭐ AUTHORS ⭐

  • Laurent Bercot
  • Carlos Eduardo <carana2099@gmail.com> (man page port) 🫶
okay that's the whole page! go list some sets, stay hydrated, and remember: -x is your friend when you don't wanna grep -v like a peasant 🍓✨

💖 ty for reading bestie, this page was brought to you by the Debian crew, dated December 20, 2025 — see u in the next man page 💖

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