console lines are wrapped around

[support_5]

Hi all,

This is a pretty basic question. During the HP-UX boot sequence, the description of the rc script is displayed on the screen, and when it has completed, an 'OK' or 'FAIL' etc is displayed at the end of the line.

However, on one of my systems, I notice that the line are wrapped by about 6 characters so that the corresponding 'ok' is displayed below the description of the rc file (see attachment).

I know it's only cosmetic, but I was wondering why this was happening, and what can be done to stop it. It's just intriguing me.

Thanks

- Support

[Sundar_7 · Accepted solution]

/sbin/rc script determines the length of the line to display based on the longest " start_msg" of your /sbin/init.d scripts.

Your "Configure HP Dual Port ...Adapter" is bit too lengthy

# cd /sbin/init.d
# grep -l "HP Dual Port" *
filename
#

Shorten the start_msg of the script

# vi filename
...
start_msg)
echo "Configure HP PCI-X adapter"
;;
..
#

Now, if possible, reboot the system and see if the line is wrapped again.

[support_5]

Hi,

I had a bit of a look at the /sbin/rc script but couldn't see where it determines the length of the line. However, I did shorten the start_msg of the file you mentioned and lo and behold, that fixed it. Easy!

Thanks heaps!

- Support

[Sundar_7]

Hi Support :-),

/sbin/rc inturn uses /sbin/rc.utils. Refer /sbin/rc.utils. It has code to determine the longest description.

- Sundar.

[support_5]

right again, I realised this after looking closer at some procedure calls I didn't see in the rest of the file, and realised they were from a source script that gets sourced.

Thanks anyway.

- Support