var myError = myError module.exports = function (socket, io) { this.SSHerror = function (myFunc, err) { myError = (myError) ? myError : ((err) ? err.message:undefined) thisError = (myError) ? ': ' + myError : '' console.error('SSH ' + myFunc + thisError) socket.emit('ssherror', 'SSH ' + myFunc + thisError) socket.disconnect(true) } }