Loader#

A helper to bootstrap libraries. This file sources all library files so functions will be defined and available. Basically, you need to source this file in any script where you want to use library functions.

Also, you can extend this loader to load your local library files too! Create your loader script that sources the local libraries and just point ES_SHELL_LOADER_LOCAL environment variable to it (e.g. ES_SHELL_LOADER_LOCAL=$HOME/.local/lib/my_loader.sh), and they will be sourced.

Usage in scripts

# Source loader
. /path/to/shell/lib/_loader.sh

# Or use the envvar (recommended for maintainability & portability)
. "${ES_SHELL_LOADER}"

# Now functions are defined
check-root
error-exit "Nothing to do"

If you use the envvar method, you need to set /path/to/shell/lib/_loader.sh in ES_SHELL_LOADER. You can do this in your .bashrc or when running a script:

ES_SHELL_LOADER=/path/to/lib/_loader.sh backup

You can read more about bootstrapping in Installation instructions.