On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 10:27:21 +0200 Daniel Wagner <dwagner@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Clark and John, > > I'd like to streamline all tools, so that the usage, command arguments > and the output is more consistent. Every tool seems to be a bit > different which makes all automatization around the tools more complex > than needed. > > Eventually, I'd like to add an easy machine parseable output from all > tools. So what do you think? Stupid effort, go away? I think it's a noble goal and I'd be up for it, especially trying to come up with a parsable output format. Got any thoughts on it? Personally I'd go for (in order of preference): XML JSON Random Gibberish Any Damned thing YAML Clark Did I mention that I hate YAML? > > Here are a bunch of patches to illustrate what I mean. Before invest > too much time I'd like to discuss it, e.g. format. > > Cheers, > Daniel > > Daniel Wagner (4): > cyclicdeadline: Streamline usage output and man page > deadline_test: Streamline usage output and man page > oslat: Streamline usage output and man page > oslat: Use string parser utilies > > src/include/rt-utils.h | 1 + > src/lib/rt-utils.c | 30 ++++++ > src/oslat/oslat.8 | 2 +- > src/oslat/oslat.c | 143 ++++++++-------------------- > src/sched_deadline/cyclicdeadline.8 | 24 ++--- > src/sched_deadline/cyclicdeadline.c | 41 ++++---- > src/sched_deadline/deadline_test.8 | 37 ++++--- > src/sched_deadline/deadline_test.c | 47 +++++---- > 8 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 180 deletions(-) > > -- > 2.28.0 > -- The United States Coast Guard Ruining Natural Selection since 1790
