1 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/bbfw.in b/src/bbfw.in
index 288b51a..f2a5f61 100755
--- a/src/bbfw.in
+++ b/src/bbfw.in
@@ -213,8 +213,25 @@ load()
 }
 
 
+restart() {
+   if test ! -d "${FW_PREFIX}";then
+      echo "${PROGRAM_NAME}: ${FW_PREFIX}: firewall directory does not exist" 1>&2
+      return 1
+   fi
+
+   stop
+   start
+}
+
+
 # Function to start the network:
 start() {
+   # checks for firewall directory
+   if test ! -d "${FW_PREFIX}";then
+      echo "${PROGRAM_NAME}: ${FW_PREFIX}: firewall directory does not exist" 1>&2
+      return 1
+   fi
+
    # run pre-hooks
    run_hook start ${FW_PREFIX}/global.d/pre-hook    "running global pre-hook start ..."
    for FILE in $( find_appfile pre-hook );do
@@ -337,10 +354,6 @@ FW_QUIET="$(   config_option quiet        "${FW_QUIET}"   A-Z a-z )"
 
 
 # checks and normalizes options
-if test ! -d "${FW_PREFIX}";then
-   echo "${PROGRAM_NAME}: ${FW_PREFIX}: firewall directory does not exist" 1>&2
-   exit 1
-fi
 if test "x${FW_QUIET}" == "xno";then
    unset FW_QUIET
 elsif test "x${FW_QUIET}" != "xno";then
@@ -377,8 +390,7 @@ case "$1" in
 
    'restart') # "restart" restarts the network:
       echo "${PACKAGE_NAME} ${PACKAGE_VERSION}" | $LOGGER
-      stop  2>&1 | $LOGGER
-      start 2>&1 | $LOGGER
+      restart 2>&1 | $LOGGER
    ;;
 
    *) # The default is to bring up all configured interfaces: