more detailed status action

README.html

@@ -607,8 +607,10 @@ <h1>Actions</h1>
 <dd>Disable ramroot.
 Remove build and runtime hooks from <em>/usr/lib/initcpio</em>.</dd>
 <dt><tt class="docutils literal">status</tt></dt>
-<dd>Print ramroot status to screen.
-Return exit status 2 if not enabled.</dd>
+<dd>Print ramroot and root filesystem status to screen.
+Return exit status 0 if enabled and currently loaded to RAM.
+Return exit status 1 if enabled and not loaded RAM.
+Return exit status 2 if disabled.</dd>
 </dl>
 </div>
 <div class="section" id="options">
@@ -686,7 +688,7 @@ <h1>Credits</h1>
 <tbody valign="top">
 <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Author:</th><td class="field-body">Chris Magyar</td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Version:</th><td class="field-body">1.1.6</td>
+<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Version:</th><td class="field-body">1.1.7</td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">License:</th><td class="field-body">GPL 3.0</td>
 </tr>

README.rst

@@ -81,8 +81,10 @@ Action performed by ramroot; one must be specified.
     Remove build and runtime hooks from */usr/lib/initcpio*.
 
 ``status``
-    Print ramroot status to screen.
-    Return exit status 2 if not enabled.
+    Print ramroot and root filesystem status to screen.
+    Return exit status 0 if enabled and currently loaded to RAM.
+    Return exit status 1 if enabled and not loaded RAM.
+    Return exit status 2 if disabled.
 
 
 Options
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ by several inquisitive `forum posts`_.
     Chris Magyar
 
 :Version:
-    1.1.6
+    1.1.7
 
 :License:
     GPL 3.0

lib/man/ramroot.8

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH RAMROOT 8 "December 2017" "ramroot 1.1.6" "Ramroot Manual"
+.TH RAMROOT 8 "December 2017" "ramroot 1.1.7" "Ramroot Manual"
 .SH NAME
 ramroot \- load root filesystem entirely to RAM during boot
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ Disable \fBramroot\fR.  Remove build and runtime hooks from
 .TP
 \fBstatus\fR
 .br
-Print \fBramroot\fR status to screen.
-Return exit status 2 if not enabled.
+Print \fBramroot\fR and root filesystem status to screen.
+Return exit status 0 if enabled and currently loaded to RAM.
+Return exit status 1 if enabled and not loaded RAM.
+Return exit status 2 if disabled.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 \fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-boot\fR <\fIUUID\fR>

ramroot

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ##==============================  ramroot  ===============================##
 # Copyright (C) 2018 Chris Magyar            GNU General Public License v3 #
 ##========================================================================##
-version="1.1.6"
+version="1.1.7"
 
 print_help() {
 cat <<'HELPDOC'
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ ACTIONS
         Remove build and runtime hooks from /usr/lib/initcpio.
 
     status
-        Print ramroot status to screen.
-        Return exit status 2 if not enabled.
+        Print ramroot and root filesystem status to screen.
+        Return exit status 0 if enabled and currently loaded to RAM.
+        Return exit status 1 if enabled and not loaded RAM.
+        Return exit status 2 if disabled.
 
 OPTIONS
     -b, --boot UUID
@@ -179,7 +181,7 @@ ramroot_enable() {
     # incognito mode:
     if [ "$incognitoMode" = 'true' ]; then
         sed -i '73i\        echo -e "\\e[0;30m"; clear' hooks/ramroot
-        sed -i '114i\        echo -e "\\E[H\\E[2J\\E[0;30m\\E[?1c" \\' \
+        sed -i '114i\        echo -e "\\033[H\\033[2J\\033[0;30m\\033[?1c" \\' \
             hooks/ramroot
         sed -i '115i\            > /zram_root/etc/issue' hooks/ramroot
         sed -i '116i\        chmod +x /zram_root/etc/issue' hooks/ramroot
@@ -362,14 +364,26 @@ ramroot_remove() {
 ##========================  ramroot_status()  ========================##
 # Print ramroot installation status to screen.
 ramroot_status() {
+    # print root filesystem status:
+    root_stat() {
+        if (lsblk | grep -P 'zram.*?/ ?$' >/dev/null); then
+            printf ":: root filesystem loaded to RAM\n"
+        else
+            printf ":: root filesystem not loaded to RAM\n"
+            exitStatus=1
+        fi
+    }
     if [[ "$initMODULES" =~ zram ]] &&
     [[ "$initMODULES" =~ ext4 ]] &&
+    [[ "$initMODULES" =~ vfat ]] &&
     [[ "$initHOOKS" =~ ramroot ]] &&
     [ -f /usr/lib/initcpio/hooks/ramroot ] &&
     [ -f /usr/lib/initcpio/install/ramroot ]; then
-        printf ":: ramroot enabled\n"
+        printf ":: ramroot status: enabled\n"
+        root_stat
     else
         printf ":: ramroot disabled\n"
+        root_stat
         exitStatus=2
     fi