libalpine: added die()

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libalpine.sh.in b/libalpine.sh.in
index ce31dad..b47fa71 100755
--- a/libalpine.sh.in
+++ b/libalpine.sh.in
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ PREFIX=@PREFIX@
 
 PROGRAM=`basename $0`
 
-
 echon () {
 	if [ X"$ECHON" = X ]; then
 		# Determine how to "echo" without newline: "echo -n"
@@ -36,6 +35,12 @@ eecho() {
 	echo "$@" >&2
 }
 
+# echo to stderr and exit with error
+die() {
+	eecho "$@"
+	exit 1
+}
+
 init_tmpdir() {
 	local omask=`umask`
 	local __tmpd="/tmp/$PROGRAM-${$}-`date +%s`-$RANDOM"