Scroll to navigation

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

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2014 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

Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pathchk>
 
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) pathchk invocation'
March 2015 GNU coreutils 8.23