Returns statistics from the running syslog-ng instance. If
    syslog_ng_sbin_dir is specified, it is added to the PATH during the
    execution of the command syslog-ng-ctl.

    CLI Example:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt '*' syslog_ng.stats
        salt '*' syslog_ng.stats /home/user/install/syslog-ng/sbin

def stats(syslog_ng_sbin_dir=None):
    '''
    Returns statistics from the running syslog-ng instance. If
    syslog_ng_sbin_dir is specified, it is added to the PATH during the
    execution of the command syslog-ng-ctl.

    CLI Example:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt '*' syslog_ng.stats
        salt '*' syslog_ng.stats /home/user/install/syslog-ng/sbin
    '''
    try:
        ret = _run_command_in_extended_path(syslog_ng_sbin_dir,
                                            'syslog-ng-ctl',
                                            ('stats',))
    except CommandExecutionError as err:
        return _format_return_data(retcode=-1, stderr=six.text_type(err))

    return _format_return_data(ret['retcode'],
                               ret.get('stdout'),
                               ret.get('stderr'))