Add Travis CI build

scripts/cibuild.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Exit code starts at 0 but is modified if any checks fail
+EXIT=0
+
+# Output a line prefixed with a timestamp
+info()
+{
+	echo "$(date +'%F %T') |"
+}
+
+# Track number of seconds required to run script
+START=$(date +%s)
+echo "$(info) starting build checks."
+
+# Syntax check all python source files
+SYNTAX=$(find . -name "*.py" -type f -exec python -m py_compile {} \; 2>&1)
+if [[ ! -z $SYNTAX ]]; then
+	echo -e "$SYNTAX"
+	echo -e "\n$(info) detected one or more syntax errors, failing build."
+	EXIT=1
+fi
+
+# Show build duration
+END=$(date +%s)
+echo "$(info) exiting with code $EXIT after $(($END - $START)) seconds."
+
+exit $EXIT