export MSGLEVEL=4
elif [ "$1" = '--color=no' ]; then
export MSGCOLOR='NO'
+ elif [ "$1" = '--color=yes' ]; then
+ export MSGCOLOR='YES'
+ elif [ "$1" = '--color' ]; then
+ export MSGCOLOR="$(echo "$2" | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z')"
+ shift
+ elif [ "$1" = '--level' ]; then
+ export MSGLEVEL=$2
+ shift
else
echo >&2 "WARNING: Unknown parameter »$1« will be ignored"
fi
export MSGLEVEL="${MSGLEVEL:-3}"
# we all like colorful messages
-if [ "$MSGCOLOR" != 'NO' ] && [ "$MSGCOLOR" != 'ALWAYS' ]; then
+if [ "${MSGCOLOR:-YES}" = 'YES' ]; then
if [ ! -t 1 ]; then # but check that we output to a terminal
export MSGCOLOR='NO'
fi