mpck(1)

NAME
mpck — check MPEG audio files

SYNOPSIS
mpck [ options ] [ file ... ]
mpck [ -h | -V ]

DESCRIPTION
mpck checks mp3s. It scans the file to see if the frames are where they are supposed to be, if the frame headers are correct and if the headers are consistent throughout the file. It gives some statistics on the file, and a conclusion whether the file is good or bad.

OPTIONS

-B --badonly
    Print statistics only for bad files.

-e --extention=EXT
    Scan only files ending in .EXT

-h --help
    Display a help screen and quit.

-m --maxname=NUM
    Report bad for a file which has more than num characters in its filename.

-n --namecheck
    Check for strange characters in a filename. This reports bad for a file with a filename consisting of characters other than [A-Za-z0-9 ._-].

-q --quiet
    Print only good or bad for each file.

-r  Short for -R -e mp3

-R --recursive
    Treat each directory recursively, checking all files in the directory. Normal operation is to ignore directories.

-v --verbose
    Be verbose.

-V --version
    Print version and copyright information and exit.

EXIT STATUS

mpck returns one of these values:

0   Everything went OK and no broken files were found.

1   Everything went OK, but at least one broken file was found.

2 (ENOENT)
    File or directory not found, stat failed.

4 (EINTR)
    The program received a SIGINT.

5 (EIO)
    Read error.

12 (ENOMEM)
    Malloc failed due to memory shortage.

21 (EISDIR)
    The given file is a directory.

22 (EINVAL)
    Invalid argument, no filename supplied.

36 (ENAMETOOLONG)
    File extention or file name is too long.

AUTHOR

Written by Sjoerd Langkemper <sjoerd-checkmate@linuxonly.nl>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2006 Sjoerd Langkemper. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

The website

    http://checkmate.linuxonly.nl/

should provide you with latest versions, up-to-date manuals and more!