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How do interpret the output of 'service --status-all'

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The man page of the service command lists the --status-all option so that you can check the status of all running services. However when I run the command the first column can contain -, ? or + e.g. Is there some place where I can find out the significance of the first column ? I'm running ubuntu 1…

Error Output

[ - ]  postfix
[ + ]  postgresql-8.4
[ ? ]  pppd-dns

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means the service status isn't known (the init file does not output a status) means the service is running means the service is not running There is probably an authoritative source, but I got it from looking at the script.

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