Error handling

This subroutine can be places in oder scripts in order to handle errors. You can use it with different messages for different situations. Here is simple example.

#!/bin/sh	
#set -x	
	
# ***  Subroutines ***	
	
err() {	
        echo "\n ERROR: $* \n"	
        exit 1	
}	
	
# ***  End of Subroutines ***	
	
if [ -d /.1 ]	
	then	
        	echo "\n Directory /.1 exists"	
	else	
        	err "Dir /.1 is not here :( "	
fi	
	
if [ -f /reconfigure ]	
	then	
        	echo "\n File /reconfigure is present \n"	
	else	
        	err "\n Hey, I can't find the file .... "	
fi	
	
sleep 2	

echo "Will continue - thanks"	
	
exit 0