DOSCHK(1)

💅 DOSCHK — the manual page, but make it cute ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to doschk from the General Commands Manual section 🎀 it's a tiny little program and honestly? it's iconic. it checks filenames for SYSV and DOS compatibility, no cap 💖

✨ NAME ✨

doschk — checks filenames for SYSV and DOS compatibility 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

doschk filename ...

like. just. feed it filenames. that's the whole vibe 🫶

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so this program is lowkey a little utility for software developers, and its whole main character energy is helping you make sure your source file names are distinguishable on MS-DOS and 14-character SYSV platforms 💅

to do this thing, 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. it's giving pre-flight check, it's giving "girl, sort your filenames out before you move them" 😭✨

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

here's the tea though 🍓 — 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. so like, include them if you want them checked, bestie, it's your call 💀

typical uses of this program are like these:

find . -print | doschk

tar tf file.tar | doschk

so iconic, so simple 🌈

💖 if this program produces no output, then all your files are MS-DOS compatible. periodt. 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. 🎀

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

not a single SEE ALSO in sight, bestie, this one's a solo act 👑

okay that's the whole page, you ate, no crumbs left 💅✨ this was doschk 1.1, from the DOSCHK(1) page, and iykyk — go check your filenames, bestie 🫶💖🦋