2 files changed, 85 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/show-status.c b/src/core/show-status.c
index 9509b21ccb..91f8f8e5ad 100644
--- a/src/core/show-status.c
+++ b/src/core/show-status.c
@@ -44,3 +44,81 @@ int parse_show_status(const char *v, ShowStatus *ret) {
         *ret = r ? SHOW_STATUS_YES : SHOW_STATUS_NO;
         return 0;
 }
+
+int status_vprintf(const char *status, bool ellipse, bool ephemeral, const char *format, va_list ap) {
+        static const char status_indent[] = "         "; /* "[" STATUS "] " */
+        _cleanup_free_ char *s = NULL;
+        _cleanup_close_ int fd = -1;
+        struct iovec iovec[6] = {};
+        int n = 0;
+        static bool prev_ephemeral;
+
+        assert(format);
+
+        /* This is independent of logging, as status messages are
+         * optional and go exclusively to the console. */
+
+        if (vasprintf(&s, format, ap) < 0)
+                return log_oom();
+
+        fd = open_terminal("/dev/console", O_WRONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_CLOEXEC);
+        if (fd < 0)
+                return fd;
+
+        if (ellipse) {
+                char *e;
+                size_t emax, sl;
+                int c;
+
+                c = fd_columns(fd);
+                if (c <= 0)
+                        c = 80;
+
+                sl = status ? sizeof(status_indent)-1 : 0;
+
+                emax = c - sl - 1;
+                if (emax < 3)
+                        emax = 3;
+
+                e = ellipsize(s, emax, 50);
+                if (e) {
+                        free(s);
+                        s = e;
+                }
+        }
+
+        if (prev_ephemeral)
+                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n++], "\r" ANSI_ERASE_TO_END_OF_LINE);
+        prev_ephemeral = ephemeral;
+
+        if (status) {
+                if (!isempty(status)) {
+                        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n++], "[");
+                        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n++], status);
+                        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n++], "] ");
+                } else
+                        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n++], status_indent);
+        }
+
+        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n++], s);
+        if (!ephemeral)
+                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n++], "\n");
+
+        if (writev(fd, iovec, n) < 0)
+                return -errno;
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+int status_printf(const char *status, bool ellipse, bool ephemeral, const char *format, ...) {
+        va_list ap;
+        int r;
+
+        assert(format);
+
+        va_start(ap, format);
+        r = status_vprintf(status, ellipse, ephemeral, format, ap);
+        va_end(ap);
+
+        return r;
+}
diff --git a/src/core/show-status.h b/src/core/show-status.h
index a2b2153746..c79d4acb66 100644
--- a/src/core/show-status.h
+++ b/src/core/show-status.h
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#include "macro.h"
+
 /* Manager status */
 
 typedef enum ShowStatus {
@@ -32,3 +36,6 @@ typedef enum ShowStatus {
 } ShowStatus;
 
 int parse_show_status(const char *v, ShowStatus *ret);
+
+int status_vprintf(const char *status, bool ellipse, bool ephemeral, const char *format, va_list ap) _printf_(4,0);
+int status_printf(const char *status, bool ellipse, bool ephemeral, const char *format, ...) _printf_(4,5);