-configtest() {
- checkconfig 2>/dev/null
- RETVAL=$?
- if [ $RETVAL != 0 ]; then
- show "Checking syslog-ng config syntax"
- fail
- echo >&2 "Configuration file syntax test failed. Run $0 configtest to see errors."
- exit $RETVAL
+# wrapper for configtest
+checkconfig() {
+ local details=${1:-0}
+
+ if [ $details = 1 ]; then
+ # run config test and display report (status action)
+ show "Checking %s configuration" "syslog-ng"; busy
+ local out
+ out=$(configtest 2>&1)
+ RETVAL=$?
+ if [ $RETVAL = 0 ]; then
+ ok
+ else
+ fail
+ fi
+ [ "$out" ] && echo >&2 "$out"
+ else
+ # run config test and abort with nice message if failed
+ # (for actions checking status before action).
+ configtest >/dev/null 2>&1
+ RETVAL=$?
+ if [ $RETVAL != 0 ]; then
+ show "Checking %s configuration" "syslog-ng"; fail
+ nls 'Configuration test failed. See details with %s "checkconfig"' $0
+ exit $RETVAL
+ fi