diff --git a/error.c b/error.c
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+/* error.c - Error handling helper routines
+ *
+ *   Copyright (C) 2011       Henrik Hautakoski <henrik@fiktivkod.org>
+ *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *   Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+ *   MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include "error.h"
+
+static void print_e(FILE *fd, const char *prefix, const char *fmt, va_list va) {
+
+	static char msg[4096];
+	vsnprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), fmt, va);
+	fprintf(fd, "%s: %s\n", prefix, msg);
+}
+
+void usage(const char *msg, ...) {
+
+	va_list vl;
+	va_start(vl, msg);
+	print_e(stdout, "usage", msg, vl);
+	va_end(vl);
+	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
+void warn(const char *msg, ...) {
+
+	va_list vl;
+	va_start(vl, msg);
+	print_e(stderr, "warning", msg, vl);
+	va_end(vl);
+}
+
+void fatal(const char *msg, ...) {
+
+	va_list vl;
+	va_start(vl, msg);
+	print_e(stderr, "fatal", msg, vl);
+	va_end(vl);
+	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
+int error(const char *msg, ...) {
+
+	va_list vl;
+	va_start(vl, msg);
+	print_e(stderr, "error", msg, vl);
+	va_end(vl);
+	return -1;
+}
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diff --git a/error.h b/error.h
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+/* error.h - Error handling helper routines.
+ *
+ *   Copyright (C) 2011       Henrik Hautakoski <henrik@fiktivkod.org>
+ *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *   Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+ *   MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+#ifndef ERROR_H
+#define ERROR_H
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+void usage(const char *msg, ...);
+
+void warn(const char *msg, ...);
+
+void die(const char *msg, ...);
+
+int error(const char *msg, ...);
+
+#endif /* ERROR_H */
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