# popy_check

When developing a PoPy script file it is sometimes useful to sanity check the input and automatically detect common errors.

Note this checking process also happens when using popy_run, however the popy_check enables you to check before you are ready to run a script.

Check a script by opening a Open a PoPy Command Prompt and typing:-

    $ popy_check my_script.pyml

this will output the results of the check to the terminal and also to a log file called:-

    my_script.pyml.check.log

Hopefully the various error and warning messages will enable you to more easily edit and fix a broken script file.

## Command line options

    usage: popy_check [-h] [-o] input_file

    Checks PoPy script for consistency and returns errors + warnings. Can use
    optionally prior to running script.

    positional arguments:
      input_file       Required path to input configuration file.

    optional arguments:
      -h, --help       show this help message and exit
      -o, --overwrite  Optionally overwrite existing output files without asking.