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Controlling the server
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The following commands are for use when using blackhole without an init script.

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| blackhole start   | Starts the server                                        |
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| blackhole stop    | Stops the server                                         |
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| blackhole restart | Restarts the server                                      |
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| blackhole status  | Shows the status of the server, running, not running etc |
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For more information on controlling the server using init.d/rc.d read :ref:`controlling-the-server-init-d`.