goutils/lib/lib.go

// Package lib contains functions useful for most programs.
package lib

import (
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"
)

var progname = filepath.Base(os.Args[0])

// ProgName returns what lib thinks the program name is, namely the
// basename of of argv0.
//
// It is similar to the Linux __progname.
func ProgName() string {
	return progname
}

// Warnx displays a formatted error message to standard error, à la
// warnx(3).
func Warnx(format string, a ...interface{}) (int, error) {
	format = fmt.Sprintf("[%s] %s", progname, format)
	format += "\n"
	return fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, format, a...)
}

// Warn displays a formatted error message to standard output,
// appending the error string, à la warn(3).
func Warn(err error, format string, a ...interface{}) (int, error) {
	format = fmt.Sprintf("[%s] %s", progname, format)
	format += ": %v\n"
	a = append(a, err)
	return fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, format, a...)
}

// Errx displays a formatted error message to standard error and exits
// with the status code from `exit`, à la errx(3).
func Errx(exit int, format string, a ...interface{}) {
	format = fmt.Sprintf("[%s] %s", progname, format)
	format += "\n"
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, format, a...)
	os.Exit(exit)
}

// Err displays a formatting error message to standard error,
// appending the error string, and exits with the status code from
// `exit`, à la err(3).
func Err(exit int, err error, format string, a ...interface{}) {
	format = fmt.Sprintf("[%s] %s", progname, format)
	format += ": %v\n"
	a = append(a, err)
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, format, a...)
	os.Exit(exit)
}

// CheckFatal calls Err if err isn't nil.
func CheckFatal(err error, format string, a ...interface{}) {
	if err == nil {
		return
	}

	Err(ExitFailure, err, format, a...)
}

// Itoa provides cheap integer to fixed-width decimal ASCII.  Give a
// negative width to avoid zero-padding. Adapted from the 'itoa'
// function in the log/log.go file in the standard library.
func Itoa(i int, wid int) string {
	// Assemble decimal in reverse order.
	var b [20]byte
	bp := len(b) - 1
	for i >= 10 || wid > 1 {
		wid--
		q := i / 10
		b[bp] = byte('0' + i - q*10)
		bp--
		i = q
	}
	// i < 10
	b[bp] = byte('0' + i)
	return string(b[bp:])
}