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pathchk (1g)

Name

pathchk - check whether file names are valid or portable

Synopsis

pathchk [OPTION]... NAME...

Description

PATHCHK(1)                       User Commands                      PATHCHK(1)



NAME
       pathchk - check whether file names are valid or portable

SYNOPSIS
       pathchk [OPTION]... NAME...

DESCRIPTION
       Diagnose invalid or unportable file names.

       -p     check for most POSIX systems

       -P     check for empty names and leading "-"

       --portability
              check for all POSIX systems (equivalent to -p -P)

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by Paul Eggert, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report pathchk bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report    pathchk    translation    bugs   to   <http://translationpro-
       ject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:  GNU
       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+--------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE   |
       +---------------+--------------------+
       |Availability   | file/gnu-coreutils |
       +---------------+--------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted        |
       +---------------+--------------------+
SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for pathchk is maintained as a  Texinfo  manual.
       If  the  info and pathchk programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command

              info coreutils 'pathchk invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



NOTES
       This    software    was    built    from    source     available     at
       https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.    The  original  community
       source  was  downloaded  from    http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/core-
       utils-8.16.tar.xz

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/.



GNU coreutils 8.16                March 2012                        PATHCHK(1)