# Check to see if a command exists
function command_exists {
    command -v "$1" &> /dev/null
}

# log to a central logfile (specified by its caller globally)
function do_log {
    printf "[%s] %s: %s" "$(`basename $BASH_SOURCE`)" "`date`" "$1" >> $logfile
}

# Check if a symlink exists before trying to create it
function do_link {
    if [ -e "$2" ]; then
        rm -rf "$2"
    fi
    if [ ! -e "$2" ]; then
        ln -sf "$1" "$2"
    fi
}

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