Any service which we want to add needs to have a folder placed in /etc/runit on deepOfix. It needs to have a run script inside the folder. To tell runit about this service, create a link to the service folder in /var/service.

root@host# mkdir /etc/runit/cups
root@host# cat > /etc/runit/cups/run
#!/bin/sh
exec 2>&1
exec cupsd -f
^D
root@host# ln -s /etc/runit/cups /var/service

To add logging to a service, create a subfolder in the service folder in /etc/runit. Add a run script in this folder to run the logging daemon.

root@host# cat > /var/service/cups/log/run
#!/bin/sh
exec svlogd -tt /var/log/cups/main/
^D
root@host# 

This sets up logging using the svlogd logging daemon for the cups service.

By default, all services in /var/service directory start at bootup. We can force a service not to start by creating a file named down in the service directory.

root@host# touch /var/service/cups/down