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.TH PATHCHK "1" "December 2006" "pathchk 6.7" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
pathchk \- check whether file names are valid or portable
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pathchk
[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fINAME\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Diagnose unportable constructs in NAME.
.TP
\fB\-p\fR
check for most POSIX systems
.TP
\fB\-P\fR
check for empty names and leading "\-"
.TP
\fB\-\-portability\fR
check for all POSIX systems (equivalent to \fB\-p\fR \fB\-P\fR)
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Paul Eggert, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B pathchk
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B pathchk
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info pathchk
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.