Message Functions Reference

The following functions, which are provided by functions.sh, can be used for displaying informational messages.

Function	Details
einfo	Display an informational message.
einfon	Display an informational message with no trailing newline.
elog	Display an informational message, to be logged if logging is enabled.
ewarn	Display a warning message.
eerror	Display an error message.
ebegin	Display the message for the start of an action block.
eend	Display the end of an action block.
eqawarn	Used by eclass authors to notify ebuild writers that they are using deprecated functionality. Before EAPI=7, the eutils eclass must be inherited.

See Messages for a detailed discussion.