Cleanup - centralize the log handling

helpers.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+function log() {
+  logMsg="$1"
+  logLevel="$2"
+
+  if [[ "${logLevel}" == "" ]]; then
+    logLevel=info
+  fi
+
+  systemd-cat -t "`basename $0`" -p ${logLevel} <<< ${logMsg}
+
+  if [[ "${NoConsoleLogging}" != true ]]; then
+    >&2 echo $(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")"	${logLevel}	${logMsg}"
+  fi
+}
+
+function throw() {
+  errMsg="$1"
+  errLevel="$2"
+  errCode="$3"
+
+  if [[ "${errLevel}" == "" ]]; then
+    errLevel=err
+  fi
+
+  log "${errMsg}" "${errLevel}"
+  
+  if [[ "${NoConsoleLogging}" != true ]]; then
+    >&2 echo $(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")"	${errLevel}	${errMsg}"
+  fi
+
+  exit ${errCode}
+}