PATHCHK(1)			 User Commands			    PATHCHK(1)



NAME
       pathchk - check whether file names are valid or portable

SYNOPSIS
       pathchk [OPTION]... NAME...

DESCRIPTION
       Diagnose unportable constructs in NAME.

       -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 bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free  software.   You may redistribute copies of it under the
       terms	  of	  the	   GNU	    General	  Public       License
       .	 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 pathchk

       should give you access to the complete manual.



pathchk 5.97			 January 2007			    PATHCHK(1)