added file dependency check, switched back to english, smaller fix and improvements

lib/filefct.sh

@@ -24,23 +24,24 @@ backupdist()
         local tmstmp=$(stdtime)
         if [[ -L ${file} ]]; then
             # With symbolik links we call again backupdist to treat target
+	    prnt I "Following the symbolic link $file to do a proper backup..."
             backupdist $(readlink -f ${file})
         elif [[ -f ${file} ]]; then
-            prnt I "Création d'une sauvegarde de ${file} du $tmstmp..."
+            prnt I "Creating a backup of ${file} on $tmstmp..."
             cp -av $file ${file}.dist.${tmstmp}
             if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-                prnt E "backupdist(): Échec de copie du fichier."
+                prnt E "backupdist(): Failed copying file."
                 die 12
             fi
         elif [[ -d ${file} ]]; then
-            prnt I "Création d'une sauvegarde du répertoire ${file} du $tmstmp..."
+            prnt I "Creation a backup of the directory ${file} on $tmstmp..."
             cp -av $file ${file}.dist.${tmstmp}
             if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-                prnt E "backupdist(): Échec de copie du répertoire."
+                prnt E "backupdist(): Failed copyind directory recursively."
                 die 12
             fi
         else
-            prnt W "backupdist(): $file n'existe pas, rien à faire."
+            prnt W "backupdist(): $file don't exists, nothing to do."
         fi
         unset tmstmp
     done
@@ -103,14 +104,14 @@ installfile()
     unset file
 
     if [[ -d $(dirname $i) ]]; then
-        prnt I "Création du répertoire $(dirname $i) d'accueil..."
+        prnt I "Creating required target directory $(dirname $i)..."
         mkdir -pv $(dirname $i)
         if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-            prnt E "installfile(): Can't create target dirrectory!"
+            prnt E "installfile(): Can't create target directory!"
             die 12
         fi
     fi
-    prnt I "Copie des fichiers ${filelist}..."
+    prnt I "Copying files ${filelist} to target directory $(dirname $i)..."
     cp -av $filelist
     if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
         prnt E "installfile(): Couldn't copy some required files!"
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ appendfile()
         die 13
     fi
 
-    prnt I "Ajout de contenu au fichier $dstfile..."
+    prnt I "Adding content to file $dstfile..."
     cat $srcfile >> $dstfile
     if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
         prnt E "appendfile(): Couldn't append a file!"
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ patchfile()
     local workfile=${dstfile}.work
 
     if [[ ! -s $srcfile ]]; then
-        prnt E "Le fichier source est vide, n'est pas un fichier ou n'existe pas"
+        prnt E "The source file is empty, is not a file or don't exists!"
         die 10
     fi
 
@@ -210,4 +211,17 @@ patchfile()
     unset rights dstfile
 }
 
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# check a file exists and return error if not
+file_exists()
+{
+    prnt I "Checking $@ files existance..."
+    for f in $@; do
+        if [[ ! -f $(select_file $f) ]]; then
+            prnt E "The $f file is missing, cannot continue."
+            die 10
+       fi
+    done
+}
+
 # EOF