61 lines
1.5 KiB
Groff
61 lines
1.5 KiB
Groff
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.\" Version 1.4 of namei
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.\"
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.TH NAMEI 1 "Local"
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.SH NAME
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namei - follow a pathname until a terminal point is found
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B namei
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.I [-mx]
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.I pathname
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.I "[ pathname ... ]"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.I Namei
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uses its arguments as pathnames to any type
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of Unix file (symlinks, files, directories, and so forth).
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.I Namei
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then follows each pathname until a terminal
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point is found (a file, directory, char device, etc).
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If it finds a symbolic link, we show the link, and start
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following it, indenting the output to show the context.
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.PP
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This program is useful for finding a "too many levels of
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symbolic links" problems.
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.PP
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For each line output,
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.I namei
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outputs a the following characters to identify the file types found:
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.LP
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.nf
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f: = the pathname we are currently trying to resolve
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d = directory
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l = symbolic link (both the link and it's contents are output)
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s = socket
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b = block device
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c = character device
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- = regular file
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? = an error of some kind
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.fi
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.PP
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.I Namei
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prints an informative message when
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the maximum number of symbolic links this system can have has been exceeded.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP 8
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.B -x
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Show mount point directories with a 'D', rather than a 'd'.
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.TP 8
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.B -m
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Show the mode bits of each file type in the style of ls(1),
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for example 'rwxr-xr-x'.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Roger Southwick (rogers@amadeus.wr.tek.com)
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.SH BUGS
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To be discovered.
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.SH CAVEATS
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.I Namei
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will follow an infinite loop of symbolic links forever. To escape, use
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SIGINT (usually ^C).
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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ls(1), stat(1)
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