---
name: "apertium-validate-postchunk"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "apertium-dev"
version: "3.9.12-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/apertium-validate-postchunk"
---

# apertium-validate-postchunk(1)

intermediate postchunk rule validator for Apertium

## NAME

**apertium-validate-postchunk** – intermediate postchunk rule validator for Apertium

## SYNOPSIS

**apertium-validate-postchunk** *input\_file*

## DESCRIPTION

This is an intermediate tool from Apertium level 2 engine. You should never have to use it independently.

It is a script that validates a set of structural postchunk rules against the apertium structural postchunk rules DTD using the [xmllint(1)](/xmllint/1.md) utility.

## OPTIONS

It has no options.

## FILES

- *input\_file*

  A *postchunk.xml* file

- *postchunk.dtd*

  The DTD used to validate the input file.

## SEE ALSO

[apertium-gen-modes(1)](/apertium-gen-modes/1.md), apertium-gen-oldbil(1), [apertium-interchunk(1)](/apertium-interchunk/1.md), [apertium-validate-interchunk(1)](/apertium-validate-interchunk/1.md), [apertium-validate-modes(1)](/apertium-validate-modes/1.md)

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2005–2007 Universitat d'Alacant / Universidad de Alicante. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of *the* *GNU* *General* *Public* *License:* **https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html**.

## BUGS

Many... lurking in the dark and waiting for you!