Linux manual pages Section 1: General Commands  

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://translationproject.org/team/>

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.

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.