zi srv

Summary

Control a background service plugin — start, stop, restart, advance to the next Zsh instance, or quit it entirely. Services are plugins loaded with the service ice modifier.

Syntax / Usage

zi srv {service-id} [cmd]

Available commands:

cmd	Effect
start	Start the service
stop	Stop the service
restart	Restart the service
next	Move the service to a different Zsh instance
quit	Terminate the service

Details

Services are plugins or snippets that run as long-lived background processes, managed by Zinit across Zsh instances. Only one Zsh instance runs a given service at a time. The service ice modifier marks a plugin as a service at load time. srv provides runtime control over that lifecycle.

Examples

# Stop a running service
zi srv my-service stop

# Restart a service
zi srv my-service restart

# Move service to another Zsh shell instance
zi srv my-service next

See Also

• cmd-load
• cmd-ice