services: shepherd: Define 'shepherd-configuration-action' helper.

* gnu/services/shepherd.scm (shepherd-configuration-action): New
* doc/guix.texi (Shepherd Services): Document it.

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/services/shepherd.scm b/gnu/services/shepherd.scm
index 7110e5aa89..b2601c0128 100644
--- a/gnu/services/shepherd.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/shepherd.scm
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
             shepherd-action-documentation
             shepherd-action-procedure
 
+            shepherd-configuration-action
+
             %default-modules
 
             shepherd-service-file
@@ -333,6 +335,16 @@ and return the resulting '.go' file. SHEPHERD is used as shepherd package."
                      #:options '(#:local-build? #t
                                  #:substitutable? #f)))))
 
+(define (shepherd-configuration-action file)
+  "Return a 'configuration' action to display FILE, which should be the name
+of the service's configuration file."
+  (shepherd-action
+   (name 'configuration)
+   (documentation "Display the name of this service's configuration file.")
+   (procedure #~(lambda (_)
+                  (format #t "~a~%" #$file)
+                  #$file))))
+
 (define (shepherd-configuration-file services shepherd)
   "Return the shepherd configuration file for SERVICES.  SHEPHERD is used
 as shepherd package."