From 9e335224a023e62b3c6530e38e02f6bcbc291aa5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Asif Bacchus <asif@linuxprogramming.mshome.net>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 23:07:44 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] func exitError for consistent error logging

---
 backup_new.sh | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/backup_new.sh b/backup_new.sh
index a17c1ce..6bbd6d4 100755
--- a/backup_new.sh
+++ b/backup_new.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,19 @@ badParam () {
     fi
 }
 
+exitError () {
+    errCode="error_$1"
+    eval errReport='$'"$errCode"
+    if [ -n "$errReport" ]; then
+        printf "${err}[%s] -- [ERROR] %s: %s --${norm}\n" \
+            "$(stamp)" "$1" "$errReport" >> "$logFile"
+    else
+        printf "${err}[%s] -- [ERROR] Unknown error code reported --${norm}\n" \
+            "$(stamp)" >> "$logFile"
+    fi
+    exit "$1"
+}
+
 # control seafile services (systemd)
 seafSvc () {
     if [ "$1" = "start" ]; then