CLRI(1)                      BSD Reference Manual                      CLRI(1)

NAME
     clri - clear inode

SYNOPSIS
     clri filesystem inode ...

DESCRIPTION
     The clri utility zeros the given inodes (in decimal) on the specified
     filesystem.  The fsck(8) utility can then be used to reclaim any data
     blocks that were associated with the inode(s) that were cleared.  This
     can be used to reclaim an inode that is allocated but not pointed to by
     any directory.

     You shouldn't clri valid inodes.

SEE ALSO
     fsck(8)

BUGS
     Whenever possible clri should be run on unmounted filesystems (or at
     least read-only filesystems) because if the inode data is in the cache
     (e.g., if the file is open) then the clri will be ineffective.

BSDI BSD/386                    March 27, 1993                               1