.TH LSM 1 "lsm rc1" Linux "User Manuals" 
.SH NAME
lsm \- local service manager
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lsm
.I <directive>
.R [options]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Lsm
.R is a barebones process supervision or session management program.
Unlike other solutions, it is designed to run as non-root to manage local processes,
i.e. those in the same session as lsm.
It supports starting, stopping, and logging services.
This program, lsm, is merely a tcp client that talks to
.B lsmd
.R which is responsible for managing the services.
To set up lsm, please also read
.BR lsmd (1).
.SH DIRECTIVES
.IP "start <service>"
Start the specified service.
.IP "stop <service>"
Stop the specified service.
.IP "restart <service>"
Stop the specified service, then start it again.
.IP "status [service]" 
Stat the specified service, or if no service is specified, veiw the status of the whole environment.
.SH FILES
.I ~/.config/lsmrc
.RS
The default lsm configuration location.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
Lsm does not currently utilize environment variables.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
The following diagnostics may be issued on stderr:
 
1
.RS
Invalid argument passed to lsm.
.RE
2
.RS
Lsmd returned an error.
.RE
3
.RS
Cannot connect to lsmd, either bad address, blocked connection, or lsmd not running.
.RE
.SH BUGS
Please report all bugs on the GitHub issue tracker.
.SH AUTHOR
Mikhail Kristoforovich <admin@mikhailkfv.xyz>
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR lsmd (1)