CLRI(1M)             INTERACTIVE UNIX System             CLRI(1M)



          NAME
               clri - clear inode

          SYNOPSIS
               /etc/clri special i-number ...

          DESCRIPTION
               The clri command writes nulls on the 64 bytes at offset i-
               number from the start of the inode list.  This effectively
               eliminates the inode at that address.  Special is the device
               name on which a file system has been defined.  After clri is
               executed, any blocks in the affected file will show up as
               ``not accounted for'' when fsck(1M) is run against the file
               system.  The inode may be allocated to a new file.

               Read and write permission is required on the specified spe-
               cial device.

               This command is used to remove a file which appears in no
               directory; that is, to get rid of a file which cannot be
               removed with the rm command.

          SEE ALSO
               fsck(1M), fsdb(1M), ncheck(1M) rm(1).
               fs(4) in the INTERACTIVE SDS Guide and Programmer's Refer-
               ence Manual.

          WARNINGS
               If the file is open for writing, clri will not work.  The
               file system containing the file should NOT be mounted.

               If clri is used on the inode number of a file that does
               appear in a directory, it is imperative to remove the entry
               in the directory at once, since the inode may be allocated
               to a new file.  The old directory entry, if not removed,
               continues to point to the same file.  This sounds like a
               link, but does not work like one.  Removing the old entry
               destroys the new file.

















          Rev. Base System                                           Page 1