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+#!/bin/bash
+#############################################################################
+# tools/check-nuttx-release.sh
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+# ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+# License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+#############################################################################
+
+set -e
+
+BASE_URL="https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/nuttx"
+TEMPDIR="dist.apache.org"
+ORIGINAL_DIR="$(pwd)"
+trap "rm -rf $TEMPDIR" EXIT
+
+function download_release() {
+    rm -rf "$TEMPDIR"
+    wget -r -np -R "index.html*" -P . --cut-dirs 7 "$URL"
+    cd "$TEMPDIR"
+}
+
+function check_sha512() {
+    # check release sha512
+    RELEASE_FILE=$1
+    echo "Checking $RELEASE_FILE sha512..."
+    sha512sum -c "$RELEASE_FILE.sha512"
+}
+
+function check_gpg() {
+    # check nuttx sha512 and gpg
+    RELEASE_FILE=$1
+    echo "Checking $RELEASE_FILE GPG signature:"
+    gpg --verify "$RELEASE_FILE.asc" "$RELEASE_FILE"
+    echo
+}
+
+function check_required_files() {
+    # check nuttx for required files
+    RELEASE_FILE=$1
+    RELEASE_DIR=$2 
+    rm -rf "$RELEASE_DIR"
+    tar xf "$RELEASE_FILE"
+    ERROR=0
+    if [ ! -f "$RELEASE_DIR/LICENSE" ]; then
+        echo "LICENSE file not present."
+        ERROR=1
+    fi
+    if [ ! -f "$RELEASE_DIR/NOTICE" ]; then
+        echo "NOTICE file not present."
+        ERROR=1
+    fi
+    if [ ! -f "$RELEASE_DIR/README.txt" ]; then
+        echo "README.txt file not present."
+        ERROR=1
+    fi
+    if [ ! -f "$RELEASE_DIR/DISCLAIMER-WIP" ]; then
+        echo "DISCLAIMER-WIP file not present."
+        ERROR=1
+    fi
+    if [ 0 -eq $ERROR ]; then
+        echo "OK: All required files exist."
+    fi
+}
+
+function check_nuttx() {
+    # check nuttx sha512 and gpg
+    RELEASE_FILE="$(ls *.tar.gz|head -1)"
+    check_sha512 "$RELEASE_FILE" 
+    check_gpg "$RELEASE_FILE"
+    check_required_files "$RELEASE_FILE" "nuttx"
+    mv "$RELEASE_FILE" ..
+}
+
+function check_nuttx_apps() {
+    # check nuttx-apps sha512 and gpg
+    RELEASE_FILE="$(ls *.tar.gz|head -2| tail -1)"
+    check_sha512 "$RELEASE_FILE"
+    check_gpg "$RELEASE_FILE"
+    check_required_files "$RELEASE_FILE" "apps"
+    mv "$RELEASE_FILE" ..
+}
+
+function usage() {
+    echo "Usage: $0 <URL-of-release-candidate-directory-or-release-name>"
+    echo "   Given release name or release full URL, downloads all files in"
+    echo "   in that directory (which should include nuttx and nuttx-apps"
+    echo "   sha512, asc, and tar.gz files, checks their SHA512 and GPG "
+    echo "   signatures, and checks the unpacked directories for required "
+    echo "   files. Creates a temporary directory to do its work in."
+    echo
+    echo "   nuttx and nuttx-apps tar.gz files are left in the current"
+    echo "   directory."
+    echo 
+}
+
+if [ "-h" == "$1" ]; then
+    usage
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    usage
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+ARG=$1
+if [[ "$ARG" =~ ^"http".* ]]; then
+  URL="$1/"
+else
+  URL="$BASE_URL/$1/"
+fi
+
+download_release
+check_nuttx 
+check_nuttx_apps 
+cd "$ORIGINAL_DIR"