What does 'radius -C' do? (2.1.3)

[Mike Diggins]

On Mon, 9 Mar 2009, Alan DeKok wrote:

> Mike Diggins wrote:
>>
>> Just as a quick example, I added this line to radius.conf:
>>
>> $INCLUDE dsdfsdf/    # bogus line
>>
>> radiusd -C doesn't complain:
>>
>> [root at rad01 raddb]# /usr/local/freeradius/sbin/radiusd -C
>> [root at rad01 raddb]#
>
>  Err..  try "echo $?" after that.  It doesn't print out log messages to
> stdout unless you also do "-X".
>
>> But:
>>
>> Radius -XC does:
>>
>> including files in directory /usr/local/freeradius/etc/raddb/dsdfsdf/
>> /usr/local/freeradius/etc/raddb/radiusd.conf[96]: Error reading
>> directory /usr/local/freeradius/etc/raddb/dsdfsdf/: No such file or
>> directory
>> Errors reading /usr/local/freeradius/etc/raddb/radiusd.conf
>> [root at prad01 raddb]#
>>
>> Basically I just wanted to do a quick syntax check to ensure radius will
>> start, in case I mangle something in the config.
>
> radiusd -C
> if [ "$?" eq "0" ]; then
>    echo OK
> else
>    echo FAILED something
> fi
>
>  Alan DeKok.

Ah, ok, So it just returns an error level. That will do. Thanks.

-Mike