NAMEI
NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS AUTHOR BUGS CAVEATS SEE ALSO
namei - follow a pathname until a terminal point is found
namei [-mx? pathname [ pathname ...?
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
For each line output, namei outputs a the following
d = directory l = symbolic link (both the link and it's contents are output) s = socket b = block device c = character device
? = an error of some kind Namei prints an informative message when the maximum number of symbolic links this system can have has been exceeded.
-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'.
Roger Southwick (rogers@amadeus.wr.tek.com)
To be discovered.
Namei will follow an infinite loop of symbolic links forever. To escape, use SIGINT (usually ^C).