alpm-pkginfo-validate(1)

alpm-pkginfo-validate1

Validate a pkginfo file

Usage

alpm-pkginfo validate [{-s | --schema}] [{-h | --help}] [FILE]

Overview

Validate a PKGINFO file

Validate a PKGINFO file according to a schema. If the file can be validated, the program exits with no output and a return code of 0. If the file can not be validated, an error is emitted on stderr and the program exits with a non-zero exit code.

Options

-s, --schema <VERSION>

Provide the PKGINFO schema version to use.

If no schema version is provided, it will be deduced from the file itself.

-h, --help

Print help (see a summary with '-h')

[FILE]

An optional input file path to read from

If no file is specified, stdin is read from and expected to contain PKGINFO data to validate.

From alpm-pkginfo 0.7.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.