lightning-check.7

.TH "LIGHTNING-CHECK" "7" "" "" "lightning-check"
.SH NAME
lightning-check - Command for verifying parameters
.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBcheck\fR \fIcommand_to_check\fR [\fIparameters\fR]

.SH DESCRIPTION

The \fBcheck\fR RPC command verifies another command’s parameters without
running it\.


The \fIcommand_to_check\fR is the name of the relevant command\.


\fIparameters\fR is the command’s parameters\.


This does not guarantee successful execution of the command in all
cases\. For example, a call to \fBlightning-getroute\fR(7) may still fail to
find a route even if checking the parameters succeeds\.

.SH RETURN VALUE

On success, the \fIcommand_to_check\fR is returned\. On failure, the
relevant RPC error is returned\.

.SH AUTHOR

Mark Beckwith \fI<wythe@intrig.com\fR> and Rusty Russell
\fI<rusty@rustcorp.com.au\fR> are mainly responsible\.

.SH RESOURCES

Main web site: \fIhttps://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning\fR