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diff --git a/misc-utils/README.namei2 b/misc-utils/README.namei2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fea56a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/misc-utils/README.namei2 @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ + +** NAMEI has local modifications, do not delete source when cleaning up ** + +"You're in a twisty maze of symbolic links, all different" + +namei - a utility to chase down a pathname and print details at each +level, especialy when following symbolic links. Very useful for figuring +out whats really going on in our large environment. Named after the routine +in the kernel that does essentialy the same thing whenever anyone tries to +find a file. + +Local modifications by Steve Tell include: changing the -m option to print +the file mode in a readable fashion, like "ls -l" does, instead of in octal. + |