eoutdent3
Colorful informational output
Part of einfo(3).
Usage
int Fn
einfo
const
char
*
restrict
format ...
int Fn
ewarn
const
char
*
restrict
format ...
int Fn
eerror
const
char
*
restrict
format ...
int Fn
ebegin
const
char
*
restrict
format ...
int Fn
einfon
const
char
*
restrict
format ...
int Fn
ewarnn
const
char
*
restrict
format ...
int Fn
eerrorn
const
char
*
restrict
format ...
int Fn
ebeginn
const
char
*
restrict
format ...
int Fn
einfov
const
char
*
restrict
format ...
int Fn
ewarnv
const
char
*
restrict
format ...
int Fn
ebeginv
const
char
*
restrict
format ...
int Fn
einfovn
const
char
*
restrict
format ...
int Fn
ewarnvn
const
char
*
restrict
format ...
int Fn
ebeginvn
const
char
*
restrict
format ...
int Fn
ewarnx
const
char
*
restrict
format ...
int Fn
eerrorx
const
char
*
restrict
format ...
int Fn
eend
int
retval
const
char
*
restrict
format ...
int Fn
ewend
int
retval
const
char
*
restrict
format ...
int Fn
eendv
int
retval
const
char
*
restrict
format ...
int Fn
ewendv
int
retval
const
char
*
restrict
format ...
void Fn
ebracket
int
col
ECOLOR
color
const
char
*
restrict
msg
void Fn
eindent
void
void Fn
eoutdent
void
void Fn
eindentv
void
void Fn
eoutdentv
void
void Fn
eprefix
const
char
*
prefix
Library
Enhanced Information output library (libeinfo, -leinfo)
Overview
The einfo() 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.
Environment
EINFO_QUIET when set to true makes the einfo() 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.
History
- Debian 13 (Trixie): the text shown here
- Debian 12 (Bookworm)
- Debian 11 (Bullseye) to Debian 9 (Stretch)
- Debian 8 (Jessie)