CLRI(1M)                                                 CLRI(1M)



     NAME
          clri - clear i-node

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

     DESCRIPTION
          clri writes nulls on the 64 bytes at offset i-number from
          the start of the i-node list.  This effectively eliminates
          the i-node 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 i-node may be allocated to a new file.

          Read and write permission is required on the specified
          special 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).
          fs(4) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.
          rm(1) in the User's Reference Manual.

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

          If clri is used on the i-node number of a file that does
          appear in a directory, it is imperative to remove the entry
          in the directory at once, since the i-node 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.

     ORIGIN
          AT&T V.3














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