simple 'runcheck' target that tries to open all .pd patches

tests/Makefile

@@ -8,5 +8,8 @@ include $(PDLIBBUILDER_DIR)/Makefile.pdlibbuilder
 
 buildcheck installcheck: $(makefiledirs)
 
+runcheck:
+	PDBINDIR=$(PDBINDIR) ./test-patches.sh $(makefiledirs:%=%/*.pd)
+
 projects:
 	@echo $(makefiledirs)

tests/test-patches.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+## simple script to open patches via Pd, and check for errors
+## - each patch is opened separately
+## - if an error is encountered, the Pd-printout is displayed
+##   (else it is suppressed)
+## - if any of the patches encountered an error, the script will
+##   exit with a non-0 code
+
+if [ "x${PD}" = "x" ]; then
+  if [ "x${PDBINDIR}" != "x" ]; then
+    for exe in pd.com pd pd.exe; do
+      if [ -x "${PDBINDIR}/${exe}" ]; then
+         PD="${PDBINDIR}/${exe}"
+         break
+      fi
+    done
+    if [ "x${PD}" = "x" ]; then
+      echo "WARNING: couldn't find a usable Pd in '${PDBINDIR}'" 1>&2
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+if [ "x${PD}" = "x" ]; then
+  PD=pd
+fi
+echo "using Pd: ${PD}"
+
+failed=0
+failed_tests=""
+succeeded=0
+
+open1patch() {
+  logfile=$(mktemp)
+  local patch=$1
+  local patchdir=${patch%%/*}
+  local patchfile=${patch#*/}
+  patchfile=${patchfile#/}
+  #echo "INFO: running ${patchfile} in ${patchdir}"
+  cd "${patchdir}" && \
+  ${PD} -batch -nrt -noprefs -nostdpath -open "${patchfile}" -send "pd quit" \
+	>"${logfile}" 2>&1
+  ret=$?
+  if grep "error: ... couldn't create" "${logfile}" >/dev/null; then
+    ret=1
+  fi
+  if [ "x${ret}" != "x0" ]; then
+    echo ""
+    cat "${logfile}"
+    echo "FAILED[$ret]: ${patch}"
+  else
+    echo "SUCCEEDED: ${patch}"
+  fi
+  rm "${logfile}"
+  return $ret
+}
+
+for p in "${@}"; do
+  if (open1patch "${p}"); then
+    succeeded=$((succeeded+1))
+  else
+    failed=$((failed+1))
+    failed_tests="${failed_tests} ${p}"
+  fi
+done
+
+echo ""
+echo "SUCCESS: ${succeeded}"
+echo "FAILURE: ${failed}"
+test ${failed} -eq 0 || echo "FAILS  :${failed_tests}"
+test ${failed} -eq 0