On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Tom Eastep wrote:

> Jorge Almeida wrote:
>> How can a script decide whether Shorewall is started?
>> Should it grep the output of "shorewall status" for "State:Started" or
>> is it enough to check the exit code? I'm assuming that the exit code is
>> 0 if, and only if, shorewall is started. Is this correct?
>>
>
> That is correct. With current versions of Shorewall, the exit code from
> "shorewall status" reflects the state. If the exit code is zero, then
> Shorewall is started. If the exit code is non-zero, then Shorewall is
> not started.
>
Great.
Thank you.
-- 
Jorge

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