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NAME

messages — libbash library that implements a set of functions to print standard status messages

SYNOPSIS
printOK

[indent]

printFAIL

[indent]

printNA

[indent]

printATTN

[indent]

printWAIT

[indent]

DESCRIPTION

General
messages is a collection of functions to print standard status messages - those [ OK ] and [FAIL] messages you see during Linux boot process.

The function list:

printOK

Prints a standard [ OK ] message (green)

printFAIL

Prints a standard [FAIL] message (red)

printNA

Prints a standard [ N/A] message (yellow)

printATTN

Prints a standard [ATTN] message (yellow)

printWAIT

Prints a standard [WAIT] message (yellow)

Detailed interface description follows.

indent
Column to move to before printing.

Default indent is calculated as TTY_WIDTH-10. If current tty width can not be determined (for example, in case of serial console), it defaults to 80, so default indent is 80-10=10

FUNCTIONS DESCRIPTIONS

printOK [indent]
Prints a standard [ OK ] message (green)

printFAIL [indent]
Prints a standard [FAIL] message (red)

printNA [indent]
Prints a standard [ N/A] message (yellow)

printATTN [indent]
Prints a standard [ATTN] message (yellow)

printWAIT [indent]
Prints a standard [WAIT] message (yellow)

EXAMPLES

Run a program named MyProg, and report it’s success or failure:

echo -n ’Running MyProg...’
printWAIT
if MyProg ; then

else

fi

AUTHORS

Hai Zaar <haizaar [AT] haizaar.com>
Gil Ran <gil [AT] ran4.net>

SEE ALSO

ldbash(1), libbash(1)

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