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diff --git a/usr.bin/pathchk/pathchk.1 b/usr.bin/pathchk/pathchk.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..85ecbb1 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/pathchk/pathchk.1 @@ -0,0 +1,124 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001, 2002 Chuck Rouillard +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote +.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written +.\" permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS +.\" OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED +.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY +.\" DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd May 21, 2002 +.Dt PATHCHK 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm pathchk +.Nd check pathnames +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm pathchk +.Op Fl p +.Bk -words +.Ar pathname Ns +\&... +.Ek +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm pathchk +utility checks whether each of the specified +.Ar pathname +arguments is valid or portable. +.Pp +A diagnostic message is written for each argument that: +.Bl -bullet +.It +Is longer than +.Dv PATH_MAX +bytes. +.It +Contains any component longer than +.Dv NAME_MAX +bytes. +The value of +.Dv NAME_MAX +depends on the underlying filesystem. +.It +Contains a directory component that is not searchable. +.El +.Pp +It is not considered an error if a +.Ar pathname +argument contains a nonexistent component as long as a component by that +name could be created. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl p +Perform portability checks on the specified +.Ar pathname +arguments. +Diagnostic messages will be written for each argument that: +.Bl -bullet +.It +Is longer than +.Dv _POSIX_PATH_MAX +.Pq 255 +bytes. +.It +Contains a component longer than +.Dv _POSIX_NAME_MAX +.Pq 14 +bytes. +.It +Contains any character not in the portable filename character set (that is, +alphanumeric characters, +.Ql \&. , +.Ql \&- +and +.Ql _ Ns +). +No component may start with the hyphen +.Pq Ql \&- +character. +.El +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +Check whether the names of files in the current directory are portable to +other +.Tn POSIX +systems: +.Dl find \&. -print | xargs pathchk -p +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Ex -std +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr getconf 1 , +.Xr pathconf 2 , +.Xr stat 2 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm pathchk +utility conforms to +.St -p1003.1-2001 . +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm +utility appeared in +.Fx 5.0 . |