description: sddscheck is a simple tool to allow checking a file to see if it is a valid SDDS
file, or if it is corrupted. The primary use is in shell scripts that need to detect such conditions.
sddscheck issues one of four messages: ok, nonexistent, badHeader, or corrupted. (See
sddsconvert about recovering corrupted files.)
examples: Under UNIX, one could do the following to check a file before plotting it:
if (‘sddscheck APS.twi‘ == "ok") plotTwissParameters APS.twi
where plotTwissParameters is a hypothetical plotting script.
synopsis:
sddscheck filename
files: filename is the name of a single file to be checked.
switches:
-printErrors — Causes the SDDS error traceback to be printed if the file is not ok.
This may be helpful in determining the problem with the file.