NAMEI

NAMEI

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS AUTHOR BUGS CAVEATS SEE ALSO

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

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 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 number 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 forever. To escape, use SIGINT (usually ^C).

SEE ALSO

ls(1), stat(1)