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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+#
+#  Test that every shell script we have passes a syntax check.
+#
+# Steve
+# --
+# $Id: shell-syntax.t,v 1.1 2006-06-10 20:50:14 steve Exp $
+
+
+use strict;
+use File::Find;
+use Test::More qw( no_plan );
+
+
+#
+#  Find all the files beneath the current directory,
+# and call 'checkFile' with the name.
+#
+find( { wanted => \&checkFile, no_chdir => 1 }, '.' );
+
+
+
+#
+#  Check a file.
+#
+#  If this is a shell script then call "sh -n $name", otherwise
+# return
+#
+sub checkFile
+{
+    # The file.
+    my $file = $File::Find::name;
+
+    # We don't care about directories
+    return if ( ! -f $file );
+
+    # See if it is a perl file.
+    my $isShell = 0;
+
+    # Read the file.
+    open( INPUT, "<", $file );
+    foreach my $line ( <INPUT> )
+    {
+	if ( ( $line =~ /\/bin\/sh/ ) ||
+	     ( $line =~ /\/bin\/bash/ ) )
+	{
+	    $isShell = 1;
+	}
+    }
+    close( INPUT );
+
+    #
+    #  Return if it wasn't a perl file.
+    #
+    return if ( ! $isShell );
+
+    #
+    #  Now run 'sh -n $file' to see if we pass the syntax
+    # check
+    #
+    my $retval = system( "sh -n $file 2>/dev/null >/dev/null" );
+
+    is( $retval, 0, "Shell script passes our syntax check: $file" );
+}