Restarting Apache via a script

[Simon <dev@networker.co.nz>]

Hi There,

We have a custom apache configuration front-end that we have built, it 
allows our wholesale customers to add/edit/delete hosts etc... The 
standard thing. We then have a cron task that looks for any 
additions/updates etc and executes some scripts like building dir 
structures, writing apache conf filese etc...

How do you get around the fact that *sometimes* if there are any errors 
within the conf files, a "apache2ctl -t" outputs "Syntax OK", but if you 
do a real restart, apache fails to start for xx reason...

Is there a way to TRULY check if there is any issues with the configuration?

Simon