* More package.json updates & some logging early failures

core/logger.js

@@ -4,12 +4,33 @@
 var bunyan		= require('bunyan');
 var miscUtil	= require('./misc_util.js');
 var paths		= require('path');
-var conf		= require('./config.js');
+var fs			= require('fs');
 
 module.exports	= {
 	init	: function() {
+		var Config = require('./config.js').config;
 		//var ringBufferLimit = miscUtil.valueWithDefault(config.logRingBufferLimit, 100);
-		var logPath			= miscUtil.valueWithDefault(conf.config.paths.logs);
+		var logPath			= Config.paths.logs;
+
+		//
+		//	Create something a bit more friendly if the log directory cannot be used
+		//
+		//	:TODO: this seems cheesy...
+		var logPathError;
+		try {
+			var pathStat = fs.statSync(logPath);
+			if(!pathStat.isDirectory()) {
+				logPathError = logPath + ' is not a directory!';
+			}
+		} catch(e) {
+			logPathError = e.message;
+		}
+
+		if(logPathError) {
+			console.error(logPathError);
+			process.exit();
+		}
+
 		var logFile			= paths.join(logPath, 'enigma-bbs.log');
 
 		//	:TODO: make this configurable --

package.json

@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
 	"dependencies" : {
 		"async" : "0.9.x",
 		"binary" : "0.3.x",
+		"buffers" : "0.1.x",
 		"bunyan" : "1.3.x",
 		"iconv-lite" : "0.4.x",
 		"lodash" : "3.7.x",
 		"sqlite3" : "3.0.x",
+		"ssh2" : "0.4.x",
 		"strip-json-comments" : "1.0.x"
 	},
 	"engine" : "node >= 0.12.2"