Test bz2 files

Here are two scripts for testing your .bz2 files. One runs fully as a command line script. The other runs kdialog – a GUI program.

Command Line

#!/bin/bash
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# TEST BZ2 FILES #
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# ASKS WHERE BZ2 FILES ARE KEPT.
echo
echo "What is the path to the bz2 files? Example: /home/$USER"
echo

# READS YOUR REPLY.
read bz2directory
echo

# TELLS YOU THAT IT'S TESTING THE BZ2 FILES.
echo "Testing bz2 files - please wait..."
echo

# PERFORMS THE TEST.
bzip2 -tv $bz2directory/*.bz2

# ABORTS IF BZ2 FILES ARE NO GOOD.
if [ $? != "0" ] ; then
   echo "The bz2 test failed - aborting script!"
   exit 1
fi
echo

# LETS YOU KNOW IT'S FINISHED.
echo "Done! Your bz2 files are good!"

GUI

#!/bin/bash
# THIS FILE WAS CREATED BY FRANK PIRRONE.

# ANNOUNCES SCRIPT ACTION
kdialog --msgbox "This script will verify bz2 files in a directory you choose."

# USER SELECTS DIRECTORY
kdialog --getexistingdirectory * > /tmp/bz2_test_dir

# POPUP ANNOUNCES CHECKING - PERSIST 2 SECONDS
kdialog --passivepopup "checking bz2 files" 2

# BZIP2 PERFORMS VALIDITY TEST
bzip2 -tv `cat /tmp/bz2_test_dir`/*.bz2

# READ STDERR AND ABORT IF TEST FAILS
if [ $? != "0" ] ; then
  kdialog --msgbox "The bz2 test failed - aborting script!"
  exit 1
fi

# OTHERWISE ANNOUNCE SUCCESSFUL CHECK
kdialog --msgbox "Done! Your bz2 files are good!"

# CLEAN UP TEMP FILE
rm -f /tmp/bz2_test_dir

Obligatory Happy Ending

And they all lived happily ever after. The end.