EPICS-Linter

A project to lint and provide useful commentary on EPICS database files

Currently this project is in a very early state, as time passes, more support filetypes/field will be added.

Name suggestions, bug reports and feature requests are appreciated!

Installation

pip3 install epics-linter pip3 install .

Utilization

python3 -m epics_linter file.db

Examples

record(ai, "test", oops) {
    field(DESC, "$(DESCRIPTION)")
    field(DTYP, "stream")
    field(EGU, "$(EGU)")
    [...]
}

python3 -m epics_linter file.db 
>> Too many arguments at 1:20

record(ai, "test") {
    field(DESC, "a way too long description name that does not fit in the maximum limit")
    field(DTYP, "stream")
    field(EGU, "$(EGU)")
    [...]
}

python3 -m epics_linter file.db 
>> Record description too long (maximum of 40) at 2:17 to 2:89