1 .TH NAMEI 1 "June 2011" "util-linux" "User Commands"
3 namei \- follow a pathname until a terminal point is found
10 interprets its arguments as pathnames to any type
11 of Unix file (symlinks, files, directories, and so forth).
13 then follows each pathname until an endpoint
14 is found (a file, a directory, a device node, etc).
15 If it finds a symbolic link, it shows the link, and starts
16 following it, indenting the output to show the context.
18 This program is useful for finding "too many levels of
19 symbolic links" problems.
21 For each line of output,
23 uses the following characters to identify the file type found:
26 f: = the pathname currently being resolved
28 l = symbolic link (both the link and its contents are output)
34 ? = an error of some kind
38 prints an informative message when
39 the maximum number of symbolic links this system can have has been exceeded.
43 Use the long listing format (same as \fB\-m \-o \-v\fR).
45 .BR \-m , " \-\-modes"
46 Show the mode bits of each file type in the style of ls(1),
47 for example 'rwxr-xr-x'.
49 .BR \-n , " \-\-nosymlinks"
50 Don't follow symlinks.
52 .BR \-o , " \-\-owners"
53 Show owner and group name of each file.
55 .BR \-v , " \-\-vertical"
56 Vertically align the modes and owners.
58 .BR \-x , " \-\-mountpoints"
59 Show mountpoint directories with a 'D' rather than a 'd'.
61 .BR \-V , " \-\-version"
62 Display version information and exit.
65 Display help text and exit.
69 program was written by Roger Southwick <rogers@amadeus.wr.tek.com>.
71 The program was rewritten by Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>.
79 The namei command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
80 https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.