1NAMEI(1) General Commands Manual NAMEI(1)
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6 namei - follow a pathname until a terminal point is found
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9 namei [-mx] pathname [ pathname ... ]
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12 Namei uses its arguments as pathnames to any type of Unix file (sym‐
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14 pathname until a terminal point is found (a file, directory, char
15 device, etc). If it finds a symbolic link, we show the link, and start
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18 This program is useful for finding a "too many levels of symbolic
19 links" problems.
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21 For each line output, namei outputs a the following characters to iden‐
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24 f: = the pathname we are currently trying to resolve
25 d = directory
26 l = symbolic link (both the link and it's contents are output)
27 s = socket
28 b = block device
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33 Namei prints an informative message when the maximum number of symbolic
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37 -x Show mount point directories with a 'D', rather than a 'd'.
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39 -m Show the mode bits of each file type in the style of ls(1), for
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43 Roger Southwick (rogers@amadeus.wr.tek.com)
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