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
       Report pathchk bugs to bug-coreutilsATgnu.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/>;

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 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.



GNU coreutils 8.5                                         November 2010                                               PATHCHK(1)