2 .\" Version 1.4 of namei
6 namei - follow a pathname until a terminal point is found
13 uses its arguments as pathnames to any type
14 of Unix file (symlinks, files, directories, and so forth).
16 then follows each pathname until a terminal
17 point is found (a file, directory, char device, etc).
18 If it finds a symbolic link, we show the link, and start
19 following it, indenting the output to show the context.
21 This program is useful for finding a "too many levels of
22 symbolic links" problems.
26 outputs a the following characters to identify the file types found:
29 f: = the pathname we are currently trying to resolve
31 l = symbolic link (both the link and it's contents are output)
37 ? = an error of some kind
41 prints an informative message when
42 the maximum number of symbolic links this system can have has been exceeded.
44 .IP "\fB\-l, \-\-long\fP"
45 Use a long listing format (same as -m -o -v).
46 .IP "\fB\-m, \-\-modes\fP"
47 Show the mode bits of each file type in the style of ls(1),
48 for example 'rwxr-xr-x'.
49 .IP "\fB\-o, \-\-owners\fP"
50 Show owner and group name of each file.
51 .IP "\fB\-n, \-\-nosymlinks\fP"
52 Don't follow symlinks.
53 .IP "\fB\-v, \-\-vertical\fP"
54 Vertical align of modes and owners.
55 .IP "\fB\-x, \-\-mountpoints\fP"
56 Show mount point directories with a 'D', rather than a 'd'.
60 program was written by Roger Southwick <rogers@amadeus.wr.tek.com>.
62 The program was re-written by Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>.
69 The namei command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from
70 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.