From ec669a62c02da925dc5659d4525ff4eba05fae11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2025 15:30:09 -0500
Subject: smart exit function

---
 auto.proto |  2 +-
 exit.go    | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 exit.go

diff --git a/auto.proto b/auto.proto
index 7a470ef..ef6c974 100644
--- a/auto.proto
+++ b/auto.proto
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ message Auto {                                          // `autogenpb:marshal` `
 message Autos {                                         // `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:sort` `autogenpb:nomutex`
         string                      uuid          = 1;  // `autogenpb:uuid:94210ebf-a534-4b33-aadd-2f5e1f56ae38`
         string                      version       = 2;  // `autogenpb:version:v0.0.1`
-        repeated Auto               autos         = 3;  // THIS MUST BE  HttpRequest  and then  HttpRequests
+        repeated Auto               autos         = 3;
 }
diff --git a/exit.go b/exit.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3581330
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exit.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package prep
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+// initializes logging and command line options
+
+func (pb *Auto) BadExit(msg string, err error) {
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info(err)
+	}
+	dur := time.Since(pb.Ctime.AsTime())
+	log.Infof("%s: %s (%s)\n", pb.Argname, msg, shell.FormatDuration(dur))
+	os.Exit(-1)
+}
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