GNU/Linux |
RedHat 5.2(Apollo) |
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pathchk(1) |
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pathchk − check whether file names are valid or portable
pathchk [-p] [−−portability] [−−help] [−−version] filename...
This documentation is no longer being maintained and may be inaccurate or incomplete. The Texinfo documentation is now the authoritative source.
This manual
page documents the GNU version of pathchk. For each
filename, pathchk prints a message if any of
these conditions are false:
• all existing directories in filename have
search (execute) permission
• the length of filename is no larger than its
filesystem’s maximum file name length
• the length of each component of filename
corresponding to an existing directory name is no larger
than its filesystem’s maximum length for a file name
component
The exit status
is:
0 if all file names passed all of the tests,
1 otherwise.
OPTIONS
−−help |
Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully. |
−p, −−portability
Instead of performing length checks on the underlying filesystem, test the length of each file name and its components against the POSIX.1 minimum limits for portability. Also check that the file name contains no characters not in the portable filename character set.
−−version
Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.
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