--- /dev/null
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+"""
+This script will test highgui's image loading functionality
+for .jpg files
+"""
+
+# file extension to check
+EXTENSION = "jpg"
+
+# import check routine
+import cvLoadImage
+import sys
+
+# check image file of extension EXTENSION,
+# the function also exits and returns
+# 0,1 or 77 accordingly.
+
+if cvLoadImage.image_ok(EXTENSION):
+ sys.exit(0)
+else:
+ sys.exit(1)
+