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|    jayjwa to All    |
|    Re: Percent-Sign Prefix For System Messa    |
|    21 Oct 25 17:25:17    |
   
   From: jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid   
      
   I use it in the rc.decnet switch from the Slack build for Linux   
   DECnet. Always liked those messages. Real computer sciency.   
      
   ## [Script data] -----------------------------------------------   
   ---------------   
   # Color codes for fancy output   
   readonly RED='\033[0;31m' # Error conditions   
   readonly GREEN='\033[0;32m' # Operation was successful   
   readonly BLUE='\033[0;34m' # Informational and other   
   readonly NC='\033[0m' # Shut off color output   
      
   # Error codes and constants. Mimic VMS-style info/warn/error messages   
   # "%" must be escaped due to it being used in a format expression below   
   readonly INFOINIT="%%DECNET-I-INIT, "   
   readonly INFORESTART="%%DECNET-I-RESTART, "   
   readonly INFOSTOP="%%DECNET-I-STOP, "   
   readonly ENOTSTOP="%%DECNET-E-STOP, "   
   readonly EFNOEXIST="%%DECNET-E-NOFILES, "   
   readonly EBNOEXIST="%%DECNET-E-NOBINARY, "   
   readonly EMODNOEXIST="%%DECNET-E-MODULE, "   
   readonly KMOD="decnet3"   
   readonly COMMAND=$1   
      
   ...   
      
   [ -r /etc/decnet.conf ] || {   
    # We can't do much without config files   
    printf "${RED}${EFNOEXIST}check config files' readability and   
   location${NC}\\n"   
    return 1   
    }   
      
   and so on.   
      
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