helper function for printing to stderr

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/awall-cli b/awall-cli
index 220bc8b..e1b0cd5 100755
--- a/awall-cli
+++ b/awall-cli
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ end
 
 util = require('awall.util')
 contains = util.contains
+printmsg = util.printmsg
 
 if not contains(
    {
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ if not call(
 
       elseif mode == 'diff' then
 	 if not posix.stat(dumpfile) then
-	    io.stderr:write('Please translate or activate first\n')
+	    printmsg('Please translate or activate first')
 	    os.exit(1)
 	 end
 
@@ -351,15 +352,15 @@ if not call(
 	 if call(config.activate, config) then
 
 	    if not force then
-	       io.stderr:write('New firewall configuration activated\n')
+	       printmsg('New firewall configuration activated')
 	       io.stderr:write('Press RETURN to commit changes permanently: ')
 	       interrupted = not io.read()
 
 	       kill()
 
 	       if interrupted then
-		  io.stderr:write(
-		     '\nActivation canceled, reverting to the old configuration\n'
+		  printmsg(
+		     '\nActivation canceled, reverting to the old configuration'
 		  )
 		  revert()
 	       end
@@ -382,7 +383,7 @@ if not call(
 
 	 posix.sleep(10)
 
-	 io.stderr:write('\nTimeout, reverting to the old configuration\n')
+	 printmsg('\nTimeout, reverting to the old configuration')
 	 iptables.revert()
 
       elseif mode == 'flush' then iptables.flush()