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 <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. 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.