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korn best practice for shell

I need to create a korn function script that has parameter checking and a help section if the parameter count is wrong, then how do I create a library to store these functions and allow them to be called by others????
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Old 06-26-2006
One way:
put your reusable function code in a separate file, let's call in MY_INCLUDE
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
# myscript.sh
# include the functions
. /path/to/MY_INCLUDE
# your main code goes here
...............
exit 0

We have several of these function include files that are used by dozens of scripts, throughout all of our major app.
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