directory structure checker

description

Check whether the directory structure defined by the user matches the actual directory structure.

installation

$ git clone https://github.com/akisatoon1/directory-structure-checker.git
$ cd directory-structure-checker/src/
$ make

You cat get the binary named 'dir-struct-check' in directory-structure-checker/src/.

how to use

This tool check the directory indicated by the first argument path. Pass the directory structure definition written in json to standard input. The syntax of the definition is explained in syntax seciton below. The result is true or false.

example:

dir-struct-check ./path/to/dir < structure_definition.json

output:

true

syntax

The definition of directory structure is written in json. The key in json represents the file and directory name.

example json:

{
    "file1": null,
    "dir1": {
        "file01": null,
        "file02": null,
        "dir2": {
            "file001": null,
            "file002": null
        }
    }
}

file

The key is file name, and the value must be null.

{
    "file name": null
}

directory

The key is directory name, and the value must be object.

{
    "directory name": {
        "file1": null
    }
}