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
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 Bq Fa indent
Prints a standard [ OK ] message (green)
printFAIL Bq Fa indent
Prints a standard [FAIL] message (red)
printNA Bq Fa indent
Prints a standard [ N/A] message (yellow)
printATTN Bq Fa indent
Prints a standard [ATTN] message (yellow)
printWAIT Bq Fa 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
printOK
else
printFAIL
fi