From: Robert Klemme Date: 2008-12-11T00:53:18+09:00 Subject: Re: status info like rc.status 2008/12/9 Sven S. : > is there already a library I'm not aware of which allows for easy > console message formatting similar to the usage of rc.status with the > init.d scripts? Is there an established "best practices" way for > displaying the status of several steps to console, or should I write a > wrapper module regarding status messages myself? I have no idea what rc.status outputs (my Linux doesn't have it) but chances are that you can pretty easily format your desired output via printf or sprintf. What exactly do you need? Kind regards robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end