namei

 

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NAME
I(1)                                                 NAMEI(1)
 
 
 
NAME
        namei - follow a pathname until a terminal point is found
 
SYNOPSIS
        namei [-mx] pathname [ pathname ... ]
 
DESCRIPTION
        Namei  uses its arguments as pathnames to any type of Unix
        file (symlinks, files, directories, and so forth).   Namei
        then follows each pathname until a terminal point is found
        (a file, directory, char device, etc).  If it finds a sym­
        bolic  link,  we  show  the  link, and start following it,
        indenting the output to show the context.
 
        This program is useful for finding a "too many  levels  of
        symbolic links" problems.
 
        For  each line output, namei outputs a the following char­
        acters to identify the file types found:
 
           f: = the pathname we are currently trying to resolve
            d = directory
            l = symbolic link (both the link and it's contents are output)
            s = socket
            b = block device
            c = character device
            - = regular file
            ? = an error of some kind
 
        Namei prints an informative message when the maximum  num­
        ber  of  symbolic  links  this  system  can  have has been
        exceeded.
 
OPTIONS
        -x      Show mount point directories with  a  'D',  rather
                than a 'd'.
 
        -m      Show  the mode bits of each file type in the style
                of ls(1), for example 'rwxr-xr-x'.
 
AUTHOR
        Roger Southwick  (rogers@amadeus.wr.tek.com)
 
 BUGS
        To be discovered.
 
 CAVEATS
        Namei will follow an infinite loop of symbolic links  for­
        ever.  To escape, use SIGINT (usually ^C).
 
SEE ALSO
        ls(1), stat(1)
 
 
 
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