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44 utility checks whether each of the specified
46 arguments is valid or portable.
48 A diagnostic message is written for each argument that:
55 Contains any component longer than
60 depends on the underlying file system.)
62 Contains a directory component that is not searchable.
65 It is not considered an error if a
67 argument contains a nonexistent component as long as a component by that
68 name could be created.
70 The options are as follows:
71 .Bl -tag -width indent
73 Perform portability checks on the specified
76 Diagnostic messages will be written for each argument that:
84 Contains a component longer than
89 Contains any character not in the portable filename character set (that is,
90 alphanumeric characters,
95 No component may start with the hyphen
103 Check whether the names of files in the current directory are portable to
108 .Dl "find . -print | xargs pathchk -p"