Add github action test of binary distribution

Author: evolarjun

.github/workflows/binary.yml

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+name: binary tarball
+
+on: 
+    workflow_dispatch:
+    release:
+        branches: [ master ]
+    repository_dispatch:
+        types: [linux-binary-test, install-test]
+    schedule: 
+        - cron: '15  15  *   *   *' # 3:15pm every day
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+        - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        - name: prerequisites
+          run: |
+              sudo apt-get update
+              sudo apt-get install -y ncbi-blast+ 
+        - name: download
+          run: bash -x .github/workflows/get_binary_release.sh > dirname
+        - name: 
+          run: stxtyper_v*/stxtyper -v
+        - name: run tests included with distribution
+          run: |
+              directory=$(cat dirname)
+              cd $directory
+              ./test_stxtyper.sh

.github/workflows/get_binary_release.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+# found and lightly modified these functions
+get_latest_release() {
+    curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/$1/releases/latest" |
+    grep '"tag_name":' |
+    cut -d '"' -f 4
+}
+
+get_tarball_url() {
+    curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/$1/releases/latest" |
+        fgrep '"browser_download_url":' |
+        cut -d '"' -f 4
+}
+
+
+release=$(get_latest_release ncbi/stxtyper)
+URL=$(get_tarball_url ncbi/stxtyper)
+
+>&2 echo "Downloading StxTyper version $release"
+>&2 echo "Binaries from $URL"
+
+# download and unpack AMRFinder binaries
+    curl --silent -L -O $URL
+    tarball_name=$(echo $URL | perl -pe 's#^.*/(.*)#\1#')
+    tar xfz $tarball_name
+    rm $tarball_name
+    directory=$(echo $tarball_name | sed 's/.tar.gz//')
+    echo $directory