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
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     <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2010 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  redistri-
     bute  it.   There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
     law.

SEE ALSO
     The full documentation for pathchk is maintained as  a  Tex-
     info  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.





GNU coreutils 8.5    Last change: April 2010                    1