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Name

doschk - checks filenames for SYSV and DOS compatibility

Synopsis

doschk
filename ...

Description

This program is intended as a utility to help software developers ensure that their source file names are distinguishable on MS-DOS and 14-character SYSV platforms. To perform this task, doschk reads a list of filenames and produces a report of all the conflicts that would arise if the files were transferred to a MS-DOS or SYSV platform.

To use this program, you must feed it a list of filenames in this format:

   dir

   dir/file1.ext

   dir/file2.exe

   dir/dir2

   dir/dir2/file3.ext

If the list does not include the directory-only lines (like dir/dir2) then their names will not be checked for uniqueness, else they will be. Typical uses of this program are like these:

   find . -print | doschk

   tar tf file.tar | doschk

If this program produces no output, then all your files are MS-DOS compatible. Any output messages are designed to be self-explanatory and indicate cases where the files will not transfer to MS-DOS without problems.

Authors

DJ Delorie. This manpage written by Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu> for Debian GNU/Linux.

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