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/>

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.

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.