2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/examples/var_service/README_distro_proposal.txt b/examples/var_service/README_distro_proposal.txt
index ec887b4e1..f161406a7 100644
--- a/examples/var_service/README_distro_proposal.txt
+++ b/examples/var_service/README_distro_proposal.txt
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ relative to the system-wide service directory.
 This proposal asks developers of other daemontools implementations
 to add "svc" command to their projects]
 
-The "svok DIR" tool exits 0 if service is running, and nonzero if not.
+The "svok DIR" tool exits 0 if service supervisor is running
+(with service itself either running or stopped), and nonzero if not.
 
 Other tools with different names and APIs may exist; however
 for portability scripts should use the above tools.
diff --git a/examples/var_service/ifplugd_if/run b/examples/var_service/ifplugd_if/run
index fade8b98d..5d1d4e355 100755
--- a/examples/var_service/ifplugd_if/run
+++ b/examples/var_service/ifplugd_if/run
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ exec \
 env - PATH="$PATH" \
 softlimit \
 setuidgid root \
-ifplugd -apqlns -t3 -u8 -d8 -i "$if" -r "$pwd/ifplugd_handler"
+ifplugd -aqlns -t3 -u8 -d8 -i "$if" -r "$pwd/ifplugd_handler"
 
 # We use -t3 to wake ifplugd up less often.
 # If after three tests (3*3=9 > 8) link state seen to be different,
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ ifplugd -apqlns -t3 -u8 -d8 -i "$if" -r "$pwd/ifplugd_handler"
 # IOW: short link losses will be ignored, longer ones
 # will trigger DHCP reconfiguration and such (see handler code).
 
+# -l makes ifplugd run either "up" or "down" script on startup.
+# For example, if wired eth cable is unplugged, this stops dhcp service
+# from pointlessly trying to get a lease.
+# -q means that stopping monitoring does not stop dhcp/zcip/etc:
+# presumably, admin decided to control them manually.
+
 #-a       Don't up interface automatically
 #-p       Don't run "up" script on startup
 #-q       Don't run "down" script on exit