-# check to see if all required files are present
-[ ! -f $blog_index_file ] && echo "missing $blog_index_file" && exit 1
-[ ! -f $rolling_file ] && echo "missing $rolling_file" && exit 1
-[ ! -f $template_file ] && echo "missing $template_file" && exit 1
-[ ! -f $rss_file ] && echo "missing $rss_file" && exit 1
+[ -f $blog_index_file ] && [ -f $rolling_file ] && [ -f $rss_file ] && [ -f $blog_template ] || { echo "You are missing a file, please check that you have $blog_index_file, $blog_template, $rolling_file and $rss_file in your home directory" && exit 1; }