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author | Mario Blättermann <mario.blaettermann@gmail.com> | 2021-03-19 17:12:57 +0100 |
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committer | Mario Blättermann <mario.blaettermann@gmail.com> | 2021-03-19 17:12:57 +0100 |
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Asciidoc: Import misc-utils man pages
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diff --git a/misc-utils/namei.1.adoc b/misc-utils/namei.1.adoc new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a43ccc0af --- /dev/null +++ b/misc-utils/namei.1.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ += namei(1) +:doctype: manpage +:man manual: User Commands +:man source: util-linux {release-version} +:page-layout: base +:command: namei + +== NAME + +namei - follow a pathname until a terminal point is found + +== SYNOPSIS + +*namei* [options] _pathname_... + +== DESCRIPTION + +*namei* interprets its arguments as pathnames to any type of Unix file (symlinks, files, directories, and so forth). *namei* then follows each pathname until an endpoint is found (a file, a directory, a device node, etc). If it finds a symbolic link, it shows the link, and starts following it, indenting the output to show the context. + +This program is useful for finding "too many levels of symbolic links" problems. + +For each line of output, *namei* uses the following characters to identify the file type found: + +.... + f: = the pathname currently being resolved + d = directory + l = symbolic link (both the link and its contents are output) + s = socket + b = block device + c = character device + p = FIFO (named pipe) + - = 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 + +*-l*, *--long*:: + Use the long listing format (same as *-m -o -v*). + +*-m*, *--modes*:: + Show the mode bits of each file type in the style of *ls*(1), for example 'rwxr-xr-x'. + +*-n*, *--nosymlinks*:: + Don't follow symlinks. + +*-o*, *--owners*:: + Show owner and group name of each file. + +*-v*, *--vertical*:: + Vertically align the modes and owners. + +*-x*, *--mountpoints*:: + Show mountpoint directories with a 'D' rather than a 'd'. + +*-V*, *--version*:: + Display version information and exit. + +*-h*, *--help*:: + Display help text and exit. + +== BUGS + +To be discovered. + +== AUTHORS + +The original *namei* program was written by Roger mailto:rogers@amadeus.wr.tek.com[Roger Southwick]. + +The program was rewritten by Karel Zak mailto:kzak@redhat.com[Karel Zak]. + +== SEE ALSO + +*ls*(1), +*stat*(1), +*symlink*(7) + +include::../man-common/bugreports.adoc[] + +include::../man-common/footer.adoc[] + +ifdef::translation[] +include::../man-common/translation.adoc[] +endif::[] |