From: Ralph Corderoy <ralph@inputplus.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 09:16:51 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Add inform() to provide an equivalent to advise(NULL, ...).
X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/commitdiff_plain/1824820f0dcdcf5f96fb4c6ac0c84e86a26d0e63?ds=inline

Add inform() to provide an equivalent to advise(NULL, ...).

A small step in clearing up the confusing ad... names of the diagnostic
routines.  `inform' isn't great, but err(3) nabs `warn' already.
---

diff --git a/h/prototypes.h b/h/prototypes.h
index 51031431..958c8a30 100644
--- a/h/prototypes.h
+++ b/h/prototypes.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ char *etcpath(char *);
 struct msgs_array;
 
 void add_profile_entry (const char *, const char *);
+void inform(char *fmt, ...);
 void adios (const char *, const char *, ...) NORETURN;
 void admonish (char *, char *, ...);
 void advertise (const char *, char *, const char *, va_list);
diff --git a/sbr/error.c b/sbr/error.c
index b33eae54..7b2f5064 100644
--- a/sbr/error.c
+++ b/sbr/error.c
@@ -13,6 +13,18 @@
 #include <sys/uio.h>
 
 
+/* inform calls advertise() with no what and no tail.
+ * Thus the simple "invo_name: fmt\n" results. */
+void inform(char *fmt, ...)
+{
+    va_list ap;
+
+    va_start(ap, fmt);
+    advertise(NULL, NULL, fmt, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+}
+
+
 /* advise calls advertise() with no tail to print fmt, and perhaps what,
  * to stderr. */
 void