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 "too many levels of
symbolic links" problems.
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'.
