inform_failed

Name

inform_failed  --  conclude an informational message negatively

Synopsis

inform_failed

Description

Prints an informational message that something went wrong to stdout. Meant to conclude a message begun by inform(3) -n.

Example

Conclude a message printed by inform(3) -n:

    inform -n "Applying my patch... "
    if patch -p0 < mypatch > /dev/null 2>&1; then
            inform_done
    else
            inform_failed
    fi
    

See Also

inform_done(3), inform_progress(3)