#!/bin/sh # Start/stop/restart the system logging daemon. # # Written for Slackware Linux by Patrick J. Volkerding . # Source default settings: if [ -r /etc/default/syslogd ]; then . /etc/default/syslogd fi syslogd_start() { if [ -x /usr/sbin/syslogd ]; then echo "Starting syslogd daemon: /usr/sbin/syslogd ${SYSLOGD_OPTS}" /usr/sbin/syslogd $SYSLOGD_OPTS fi } syslogd_stop() { killall syslogd 2> /dev/null } syslogd_restart() { syslogd_stop sleep 1 syslogd_start } case "$1" in 'start') syslogd_start ;; 'stop') syslogd_stop ;; 'restart') syslogd_restart ;; *) echo "usage $0 start|stop|restart" esac