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NAMEI
!!!NAMEI
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
AUTHOR
BUGS
CAVEATS
SEE ALSO
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!!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)
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Last edited on Monday, June 3, 2002 6:50:33 pm by "perry"

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