Listing 1 syslog-ng startup script

init.d script
#!/bin/bash

#
# description: syslog-ng startup script
#
# processname: syslog-ng
# config: /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
# pidfile: /var/run/syslog-ng.pid

# source function library
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

RETVAL=0

case "$1" in
  start)
        echo -n "Starting syslog-ng: "
        if [ ! -f /var/run/syslog-ng.pid ] ; then
          case "`type -type success`" in
            function)
              /usr/local/sbin/syslog-ng && success "syslog-ng startup" || \
                failure "syslog-ng startup"
              RETVAL=$?
            ;;
            *)
              /usr/local/sbin/syslog-ng && echo -n "syslog-ng "
              RETVAL=$?
            ;;
          esac
          [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/syslog-ng
        fi
        echo
        ;;
  stop)
        echo -n "Shutting down syslog-ng: "
        if [ -f /var/run/syslog-ng.pid ] ; then
                killproc syslog-ng
        fi
        echo
        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/syslog-ng
        ;;
  restart)
        $0 stop
        $0 start
        RETVAL=$?
        ;;
  status)
        status syslog-ng
        RETVAL=$?
        ;;
  *)
        echo "Usage: syslog-ng {start|stop|restart|status}"
        exit 1
esac

exit $RETVAL