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namei - Unix, Linux Command
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 symbolic 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 characters to identify the file types found:
f: = the pathname we are currently trying to resolve
d = directory
l = symbolic link (both the link and its contents are output)
s = socket
b = block device
c = character device
- = regular file
? = an error of some kind
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Namei prints an informative message when
the maximum number of symbolic links this system can have has been exceeded.
OPTIONS
Tag | Description |
-x |
Show mount point directories with a D, rather than a d.
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-m |
Show the mode bits of each file type in the style of ls(1),
for example rwxr-xr-x.
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AUTHOR
Roger Southwick (rogers@amadeus.wr.tek.com)
BUGS
To be discovered.
CAVEATS
Namei will follow an infinite loop of symbolic links forever. To escape, use
SIGINT (usually ^C).
SEE ALSO
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