pathchk(1)                                                   pathchk(1)

  pathchk

  NAME

    pathchk - check path names

  SYNOPSIS

    pathchk [-p] pathname ...

  DESCRIPTION

    The pathchk(1) utility checks the path names as specified by the pathname
    operand for portability problems. By default, pathchk(1) checks each
    component of the path name, reporting diagnostic warnings when the path
    name:
    *     Is longer than {PATH_MAX} bytes.
    *     Contains a component longer than {NAME_MAX} bytes.
    *     Contains a component in a directory that is not searchable.
    *     Contains a character in any component that is not valid.

    The options are as follows:

    -p
        Instead of making the checks against the underlying NTFS file system,
        reports on the following portability related checks against the POSIX
        limits, when the path name:
        *     Is longer than {_POSIX_PATH_MAX} bytes.
        *     Contains a component longer than {_POSIX_NAME_MAX} bytes.
        *     Contains a character in any component that is not in the POSIX
              portable file-name character set.

    The pathchk(1) utility tests whether a path name could be created. It does
    not require pathname to exist as a file.

  DIAGNOSTICS

    The pathchk(1) utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

  SEE ALSO

    test(1)