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diff --git a/flags.go b/flags.go
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+package log
+
+import 	(
+	"errors"
+)
+
+var INFO bool = true
+var WARN bool = true
+var ERROR bool = true
+
+var VERBOSE bool = false
+var SPEW bool = false
+
+func All(b bool) {
+	Set("SPEW", b)
+	Set("INFO", b)
+	Set("WARN", b)
+	Set("ERROR", b)
+	Set("VERBOSE", b)
+}
+
+func ListAll() []string {
+	var all []string
+
+	all = []string{"SPEW","INFO", "WARN", "ERROR", "VERBOSE"}
+
+	return all
+}
+
+func Set(flag string, b bool) {
+	switch flag {
+	case "INFO":
+		INFO = b
+	case "WARN":
+		WARN = b
+	case "SPEW":
+		SPEW = b
+	case "ERROR":
+		ERROR = b
+	case "VERBOSE":
+		VERBOSE = b
+	default:
+		Error(errors.New("unknown flag"), "Flag name sent:", flag)
+	}
+}
+
+func Get(flag string) bool {
+	switch flag {
+	case "INFO":
+		return INFO
+	case "WARN":
+		return WARN
+	case "SPEW":
+		return SPEW
+	case "ERROR":
+		return ERROR
+	case "VERBOSE":
+		return VERBOSE
+	default:
+		Error(errors.New("unknown flag"), "Flag name sent:", flag)
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// register a variable name from a subsystem
+// this is used for custom log flags
+func Register(subsystem string, name string) {
+	Info("log.Register() got subsystem", subsystem, "with name =", name)
+}