---
name: "proclint"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "procmail-lib"
version: "1:2009.1202-6"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/proclint"
---

# proclint(1)

Lint procmail rc files for proper syntax

## NAME

proclint - Lint procmail rc files for proper syntax

## SYNOPSIS

```
  proclint [options] <procmail *.rc files>
```

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Display short help.

- **-i, --includerc**

  Scan and possibly list files included in code with INCLUDERC statements.

- **-I, --noinclude**

  Do not scan INCLUDERC references (default).

- **-l, --list**

  List lines in the procmail recipe files.

- **-L, --nolist**

  Do not list lines, except for errors (default).

- **-p, --procmailrc**

  Check `$HOME`/.procmailrca

## DESCRIPTION

Check procmail rc files for proper syntax, recipe nesting, etc. The output consists of: `"LINE-NUMBER:FLAG:DEPTH: text"`. FLAG is one of:

```
    R  recipe
    C  condition
    A  action (redirect, '!', or pipe, '|')
    F  folder
    =  assignment
    +  continuation
    E  *line may be erroneous*
```

DEPTH indicates the depth of the recipe nesting and is shown only when greater than zero.

## BUGS

There are many bugs. E.g. multiline handling is not done (continued strings).

Please regard the output as advisory only.x

## STATUS CODES

Program returns non-zero in case problem is found.

## ENVIRONMENT

None.

## FILES

None.

## SEE ALSO

[*procmail*(1)](/procmail/1.md)

## AUTHORS

Program was written by Alan K. Stebbens \<aks@sgi.com\>.

This manual page was written by Jari Aalto \<jari.aalto@cante.net\>. Released under license GNU GPL v2 or (at your option) any later version. For more information about license, visit \<http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html\>.