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-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: General help using GNU software: COPYRIGHT Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . 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 7.2 March 2009 PATHCHK(1)