Liane Praza wrote: > > I also decided to leave the method name out of the fixed width field, > as method name length is variable. I think the space separation > between method name and the actual method is a reasonable choice, but > am happy to hear feedback on anything that increases human usability > without sacrificing output format or potential machine parseability. >
Liane, I think leaving the method name out of the fixed width field is a good choice. To enhance human usability, it might be better if the method name and its value were separated by a tab instead of a single space: $ ./svcs -l telnet fmri svc:/network/telnet:default name Telnet server enabled false state disabled next_state none state_time Tue Sep 18 10:10:03 2007 restarter svc:/network/inetd:default method inetd_start /usr/sbin/in.telnetd method inetd_disable :kill This looks a little nicer IMO, as the method name stands out a little more and the actual methods line up. Machine parseability would be the same. Yay for procrastination! Menno -- Menno Lageman - Sun Microsystems - http://blogs.sun.com/menno
