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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
       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report    pathchk    translation   bugs   to   <https://translationpro-
       ject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:  GNU
       GPL version 3 or later <https://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(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+--------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE   |
       +---------------+--------------------+
       |Availability   | file/gnu-coreutils |
       +---------------+--------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted        |
       +---------------+--------------------+

SEE ALSO
       Full documentation at: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pathchk>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) pathchk invocation'



NOTES
       Source code for open source software components in Oracle  Solaris  can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This    software    was    built    from    source     available     at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.    The  original  community
       source  was  downloaded  from   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/core-
       utils-8.30.tar.xz.

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



GNU coreutils 8.30                 July 2018                        PATHCHK(1)