CLRI(8)                 COMMAND REFERENCE                 CLRI(8)



NAME
     clri - clear inode

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

DESCRIPTION
     N.B.: Clri has been replaced by fsck(8) for normal file
     system repair work.

     Clri writes zeros on the inodes numbered i-number on the
     specified filesystem.  Filesystem is a special file name
     referring to a device containing a file system.  The command
     should only be used in emergencies and extreme care should
     be exercised.

     Read and write permission is required on filesystem. The
     inode becomes allocatable.

     The primary purpose of this routine is to remove a file
     which for some reason appears in no directory.  If it is
     used to zap an inode which does appear in a directory, care
     should be taken to track down the entry and remove it.
     Otherwise, when the inode is reallocated to some new file,
     the old entry will still point to that file.  At that point
     removing the old entry will destroy the new file.  The new
     entry will again point to an unallocated inode, so the whole
     cycle is likely to be repeated again and again.

RETURN VALUE
     [NO_ERRS]      Command completed without error.

     [USAGE]        Incorrect command line syntax. Execution
                    terminated.

     [NP_WARN]      An error warranting a warning message
                    occurred. Execution continues.

     [NP_ERR]       An error occurred that was not a system
                    error.  Execution terminated.

CAVEATS
     If the file is open, clri is likely to be ineffective.

SEE ALSO
     fsck(8).









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%%index%%
na:72,54;
sy:126,185;
de:311,1255;
rv:1566,448;
ca:2014,135;
se:2149,81;
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