--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+helpdoc = """
+A simple utility that verifies the syntax for python scripts.
+The checks it does are :
+ * Check for 'tab' characters in .py files
+ * Compile errors in py sources
+Usage:
+ python syntax_checker.py <python_source_file> [<python_source_file> ..]
+"""
+import py_compile
+import sys
+import os
+import re
+
+tabs_search_rex = re.compile("^\s*\t+",re.MULTILINE|re.DOTALL)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+ print "Error: Unknown arguments"
+ print helpdoc
+ sys.exit(1)
+ for fname in sys.argv[1:]:
+ if not os.path.exists(fname):
+ print "Error: Cannot recognize %s as a file" % fname
+ sys.exit(1)
+ if fname.split('.')[-1] != 'py':
+ print "Note: %s is not a valid python file. Skipping." % fname
+ continue
+ fh = open(fname)
+ strdata = fh.readlines()
+ lineno = 0
+ tab_check_status = True
+ for linedata in strdata:
+ lineno += 1
+ if len(tabs_search_rex.findall(linedata)) > 0 :
+ print "Error: Found a TAB character at %s:%d" % (fname, lineno)
+ tab_check_status = False
+ if tab_check_status == False:
+ print "Error: Syntax check failed. Please fix the errors and try again."
+ sys.exit(1)
+ #now check for error in compilation
+ try:
+ compile_result = py_compile.compile(fname, cfile="/dev/null", doraise=True)
+ except py_compile.PyCompileError as exc:
+ print str(exc)
+ print "Error: Compilation failed. Please fix the errors and try again."
+ sys.exit(1)
+ print "Success: Checked %s. No syntax errors found." % fname
+ sys.exit(0)
+