This gets just about every option working, except for uml-kernel and

preserve-ownership.  Adds color --stdout.  Basically, the bare min is
--template and --stdout for display on console.

BootRoot/BootRoot.pm

@@ -784,7 +784,8 @@ else {
 #  check() read_contents_file( "$template_dir$template", $tmp,
 #				    $filesystem_size, \%uml_expect );
 #
-#  links_deps() extra_links($changed_text, \%nss_pam);
+#  links_deps() extra_links($changed_text, \%nss_pam); hard_links 
+#               library_dependencies
 #
 #  create()  - term depends on whether root or normal user (really copy)
 #    $lib_bool = "" if $lib_bool eq 0;
@@ -805,17 +806,11 @@ else {
     start_logging_output($verbosefn,$verbosity); # Yard "tmp dir name" 
     
 
-
-#	   $kernel                    = $ars->{kernel};
-#	   $kernel_version_choice     = $ars->{kernel_version_choice};
-
     $ars->{kernel} = $option{kernel};
     ars2($ars);
     $ars->{kernel_version_choice} = $option{"kernel-version"};
     ars2($ars);
 
-#my $it = kernel_version_check($option{kernel},$option{"kernel-version"});
-    
     my $template = $option{template};
     
     $option{"filesystem-size"}
@@ -832,12 +827,64 @@ if ( $option{"uml-exclusively"} ) {
 $ars->{uml_exclusively} = $uml_exclusively;
 ars2($ars);  #not used in function below    
 
-read_contents_file( "$template_dir$template", $tmp,
+# links_deps()
+# Good defaults
+my %nss_pam = (
+            60 => {
+                conf_nss => 1,
+            },
+            61 => {
+                conf_pam => 1,
+            },
+);
+
+# create()
+my $lib_bool = 1;
+my $bin_bool = 1;
+my $mod_bool = 1;
+my $strip_bool = 1;
+
+my $filename;
+$option{"root-filename"} 
+? ($filename = $option{"root-filename"}) 
+    : ($filename = "root_fs");
+
+# The filesystem-type
+
+$::makefs = $option{"filesystem-command"} if $option{"filesystem-command"};
+
+
+# The Action - yard is the default method
+
+my $method;
+$option{method} 
+? ($method = $option{method}) 
+    : ($method = "yard");
+
+if ( $method eq "yard" ) {
+
+    my $error = read_contents_file( "$template_dir$template", $tmp,
     $filesystem_size);
+    return if $error && $error eq "ERROR";
 
+    $error = extra_links("$template_dir$template", \%nss_pam);
+    return if $error && $error eq "ERROR";
 
+    $error = hard_links();
+    return if $error && $error eq "ERROR";
+
+    $error = library_dependencies("$template_dir$template");
+    return if $error && $error eq "ERROR";
+
+    $error = create_filesystem($filename,$filesystem_size,$tmp,$lib_bool,
+			       $bin_bool,$mod_bool,$strip_bool);
+    return if $error && $error eq "ERROR";
+
+    # create_uml()
+    create_expect_uml($filesystem_size, $tmp, $filename);
+
+}
 
-    #print kernel_version_check(), "Hi there!\n";
 ######################################################
 
 }  # end if $::commandline

BootRoot/Error.pm

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ use Exporter;
 
 use strict;
 use BootRoot::Yard;
+use BootRoot::Options;
 
 my $true = 1;
 my $false = 0;
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ sub error_window {
     my (@error) = @_;
     my $output = join("",@error);
 
+    if (!%option ) {
 	if (not defined $error_window) {
 	    $error_window = new Gtk::Dialog;
 	    $error_window->signal_connect("destroy", \&destroy_window,
@@ -73,6 +75,14 @@ sub error_window {
 	    destroy $error_window;
 	}
 	
+    }
+    else {
+
+	print "$output\n";
+
+    }
+
+
 } # end sub error_window
 
 sub errmk {

BootRoot/Options.pm

@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ sub option {
 		"method=s",
 		"template=s",           # The only required argument
 		"filesystem-size=s",
-		"filesytem-type=s",
+		"filesystem-command=s",
-		"uml-exclusively=s",
+		"uml-exclusively=s",    # on/off
 		"preserve-ownership=s",
+		"kernel=s",
 		"kernel-version=s",
 		"stdout"		
 		

BootRoot/Yard.pm

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#############################################################################
+############################################################################
 ##
 ##  Yard.pm combining
 ##  MAKE_ROOT_FS, CHECK_ROOT_FS, and YARD_UTILS.PL by Tom Fawcett
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ use File::Path;
 use FileHandle;
 use Cwd; #  I am not even sure if this is being used here now
 use English;  # I think this can be ditched for portability
+use Term::ANSIColor;  # for commandline output
 use File::Find; # used by check_root_fs
 use BootRoot::BootRoot;
 use BootRoot::Error; 
@@ -537,6 +538,7 @@ sub extra_links {
     $find_nss   = $nss_pam->{60}{conf_nss};
     $find_pam   = $nss_pam->{61}{conf_pam};
 
+
     # Determine how the PASS is configured by the user.
     if ( $find_nss != 1 && $find_pam != 1 ) {
 	info(0, "PASS 2:  Picking up extra files from links...\n");
@@ -1828,11 +1830,18 @@ sub info {
   }
 
 
+  if ( $option{stdout} ) {
       if ( %option ) {
-      print @msgs;
+	  if ($level == 0) {
+	      print color("blue"), @msgs, color("reset");	  
 	  }
-
+	  elsif ($level == 1) {
+	      print color("red"), @msgs, color("reset");
 	  }    
+      }
+  }
+  
+} # end sub info
 
 ## This will produce red.
 sub error {
@@ -2198,7 +2207,7 @@ sub kernel_version {
   my $error;
 
   # check if we have a normal file (-f dereferences symbolic links)
-  if (!-f $image) {
+  if (!$image || !-f $image) {
     #$error = error("Kernel image ($image) is not a plain file.\n");
     #return "ERROR"if $error && $error eq "ERROR";
     $error = warning("Kernel image ($image) is not a plain file.\n");