NAME

pathchk - check pathnames

SYNOPSIS

pathchk [-p] pathname ...

DESCRIPTION

The pathchk utility checks whether each of the specified pathname arguments is valid or portable.

A diagnostic message is written for each argument that:

It is not considered an error if a pathname argument contains a nonexistent component as long as a component by that name could be created.

The options are as follows:

-p
Perform portability checks on the specified pathname arguments. Diagnostic messages will be written for each argument that:

EXAMPLES

Check whether the names of files in the current directory are portable to other POSIX systems:


       find . -print | xargs pathchk -p

SEE ALSO

getconf(1), pathconf(2), stat(2)

STANDARDS

The pathchk utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'') .

HISTORY

A pathchk utility appeared in NetBSD2.0.