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+.TH NAMEI 1 "June 2011" "util-linux" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+namei \- follow a pathname until a terminal point is found
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B namei
+[options]
+.IR pathname ...
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B namei
+interprets its arguments as pathnames to any type
+of Unix file (symlinks, files, directories, and so forth).
+.B 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.
+.PP
+This program is useful for finding "too many levels of
+symbolic links" problems.
+.PP
+For each line of output,
+.B namei
+uses the following characters to identify the file type found:
+.LP
+.nf
+   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
+.fi
+.PP
+.B namei
+prints an informative message when
+the maximum number of symbolic links this system can have has been exceeded.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.BR \-l , " \-\-long"
+Use the long listing format (same as \fB\-m \-o \-v\fR).
+.TP
+.BR \-m , " \-\-modes"
+Show the mode bits of each file type in the style of ls(1),
+for example 'rwxr-xr-x'.
+.TP
+.BR \-n , " \-\-nosymlinks"
+Don't follow symlinks.
+.TP
+.BR \-o , " \-\-owners"
+Show owner and group name of each file.
+.TP
+.BR \-v , " \-\-vertical"
+Vertically align the modes and owners.
+.TP
+.BR \-x , " \-\-mountpoints"
+Show mountpoint directories with a 'D' rather than a 'd'.
+.TP
+.BR \-V , " \-\-version"
+Display version information and exit.
+.TP
+.BR \-h , " \-\-help"
+Display help text and exit.
+.SH BUGS
+To be discovered.
+.SH AUTHORS
+The original
+.B namei
+program was written by Roger Southwick <rogers@amadeus.wr.tek.com>.
+.sp
+The program was rewritten by Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR ls (1),
+.BR stat (1),
+.BR symlink (7)
+.SH AVAILABILITY
+The namei command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
+https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.