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EINFO(3) | Library Functions Manual (smm) | EINFO(3) |
NAME¶
einfo
, ewarn
,
eerror
, ebegin
,
einfon
, ewarnn
,
eerrorn
, ebeginn
,
einfov
, ewarnv
,
ebeginv
, einfovn
,
ewarnvn
, ebeginvn
,
ewarnx
, eerrorx
,
eend
, ewend
,
eendv
, ewendv
,
ebracket
, eindent
,
eoutdent
, eindentv
,
eoutdentv
, eprefix
—
LIBRARY¶
Enhanced Information output library (libeinfo, -leinfo)SYNOPSIS¶
#include <einfo.h>
int
einfo
(const
char * restrict format,
...);
int
ewarn
(const
char * restrict format,
...);
int
eerror
(const
char * restrict format,
...);
int
ebegin
(const
char * restrict format,
...);
int
einfon
(const
char * restrict format,
...);
int
ewarnn
(const
char * restrict format,
...);
int
eerrorn
(const
char * restrict format,
...);
int
ebeginn
(const
char * restrict format,
...);
int
einfov
(const
char * restrict format,
...);
int
ewarnv
(const
char * restrict format,
...);
int
ebeginv
(const
char * restrict format,
...);
int
einfovn
(const
char * restrict format,
...);
int
ewarnvn
(const
char * restrict format,
...);
int
ebeginvn
(const
char * restrict format,
...);
int
ewarnx
(const
char * restrict format,
...);
int
eerrorx
(const
char * restrict format,
...);
int
eend
(int
retval, const char *
restrict format,
...);
int
ewend
(int
retval, const char *
restrict format,
...);
int
eendv
(int
retval, const char *
restrict format,
...);
int
ewendv
(int
retval, const char *
restrict format,
...);
void
ebracket
(int
col, ECOLOR color,
const char * restrict
msg);
void
eindent
(void);
void
eoutdent
(void);
void
eindentv
(void);
void
eoutdentv
(void);
void
eprefix
(const
char * prefix);
DESCRIPTION¶
Theeinfo
() family of functions provide a simple
informational output that is colorised. Basically
einfo
(), ewarn
() and
eerror
() behave exactly like
printf
() but prefix the output with a colored *. The
function called denotes the color used with einfo
()
being green, ewarn
() being yellow and
eerror
() being red. einfo goes to stdout and the
others go to stderr. The number of real characters printed is returned.
ebegin
() is identical to
einfo
() except that 3 dots are appended to the output.
einfov
(), ewarnv
()
and ebeginv
() work the same way to
einfo
(), ewarn
(), and
ebegin
() respectively, but only work when
EINFO_VERBOSE is true. You can also make the
einfo
(), ewarn
(), and
ebegin
() functions silent by setting
EINFO_QUIET to true.
These functions are designed to output a whole line, so they also
append a newline to the string. To stop this behaviour, you can use the
functions einfon
(),
ewarnn
(), eerrorn
(),
einfovn
(), ewarnvn
(), and
ebeginvn
().
eend
(), ewend
(),
eendv
() and ewendv
() are the
counterparts to the above functions. If retval is zero
then ok in green is printed in a bracket at the end of the prior line.
Otherwise we print the formatted string using
error
() (or ewarn
() if
ewend
() is called) !! in red (or yellow if
ewend
() is called) is printed in a bracket at the
end of the line. The value of retval is returned.
ebracket
() does the same as
eend
() but prints msg instead
of ok or !! in the color color at the column
col.
eindent
() indents subsequent calls to the
above functions by 3 characters. eoutdent
() removes
an eindent
(). eindentv
() and
eoutdentv
() only work when
EINFO_VERBOSE is true.
eprefix
() prefixes the string
prefix to the above functions.
IMPLEMENTATION NOTES¶
einfo can optionally be linked against the Termcap Access Library (libtermcap, -ltermcap) so that we can correctly query the connected console for our color and cursor escape codes. If not, then we have a hard coded list of terminals we know about that support the commonly used codes for color and cursor position.ENVIRONMENT¶
EINFO_QUIET when set to true makes theeinfo
() and einfon
() family of
functions quiet, so nothing is printed. EERROR_QUIET
when set to true makes the eerror
() and
eerrorn
() family of functions quiet, so nothing is
printed.
EINFO_VERBOSE when set to true makes the
einfov
() and einfovn
()
family of functions work, so they do print.
FILES¶
/etc/init.d/functions.sh is provided by OpenRC, which allows shell scripts to use the above functions. For historical reasons our verbose functions are prefixed with v instead of suffixed. So einfov becomes veinfo, einfovn becomes veinfon. Rinse and repeat for the other verbose functions.SEE ALSO¶
printf(3),AUTHORS¶
Roy Marples <roy@marples.name>March 16, 2008 | OpenRC |