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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.

check for most POSIX systems
check for empty names and leading "-"
check for all POSIX systems (equivalent to -p -P)
display this help and exit
output version information and exit

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report pathchk translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

AUTHOR

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

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2013 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.

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.

November 2020 GNU coreutils 8.22