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diff --git a/src/xilib.sh b/src/xilib.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# format a number into a bytes, kibibytes, mebibytes, or gibibytes
+#
+format_bytes () {
+    case "1" in 
+        "$(($1>=1<<30))") printf "$(($1>>30))GiB";;
+        "$(($1>=1<<20))") printf "$(($1>>20))MiB";;
+        "$(($1>=1<<10))") printf "$(($1>>10))kiB";;
+        *) printf "$1B";;
+    esac
+}
+
+# ensure that the user is a root user
+#
+checkroot () {
+    [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ] || {
+        printf "${RED}Please run as root!\n"
+        exit 1
+    }
+}
+
+