---
name: "check-module"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnulib"
version: "20250303-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/check-module"
---

# check-module(1)

program to check gnulib modules.

## NAME

check-module - program to check gnulib modules.

## SYNOPSIS

**check-module \[OPTIONS\] FILE...**

## DESCRIPTION

The GNU portability library is a macro system and C declarations and definitions for commonly-used API elements and abstracted system behaviors. It can be used to improve portability and other functionality in your programs.

**check-module** reads a module description file and derives the set of files included directly by any .c or .h file listed in the \`Files:' section. First, it takes the union of all such sets for any dependent modules. Then, it compares that set with the set derived from the names listed in the various Files: sections.

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-v, --version**

  Show version of program.

## BUGS

Report bugs to \<bug-gnulib@gnu.org\>.

## SEE ALSO

**gnulib**(1).

## AUTHOR

check-module was written by the Free Software Foundation and others (sources of various origins).

This manual page was written by Daniel Baumann \<daniel@debian.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).