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diff --git a/include/logger.sh b/include/logger.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+function logger
+{
+    local logfile="$1"
+    if [[ $logfile != *.log ]]; then
+        echo "logger: log file is missing .log prefix, '$logfile'"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    shift
+
+    # Bash magic: return this exit value for the first pipe command
+    echo "Writing log: $logfile"
+    set -o pipefail
+    "$@" 2>&1 | tee $logfile
+    retval=$?
+    set +o pipefail
+
+    return $retval
+}
+