[tor-relays] Tor Software Update Question

[Keifer Bly]

“killall tor” to stop the process then “tor” to start it again usually works, but I wonder if there is a way to do this without loosing uptime as this does? Thank you.

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> On May 24, 2018, at 4:30 AM, Ralph Seichter <m16+tor at monksofcool.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 24.05.18 08:17, Valter Jansons wrote:
>> 
>> I have not worked on macOS services, but as I understand it, executing
>> `sudo launchctl stop servicename && sudo launchctl stop servicename`
>> should do the job for restarting the service [...]
> 
> That might not work as intended, depending on macOS version and service
> configuration details. Both "stop" and "start" are legacy subcommands
> aimed at on-demand services and older launchd implementations.
> 
>> Maybe just restarting the box is an easier method of restarting the
>> Tor service.
> 
> Probably.
> 
> -Ralph
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