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8*67011Smckusick.Dd
9*67011Smckusick.Dt CLRI 8
10*67011Smckusick.Os BSD 4
11*67011Smckusick.Sh NAME
12*67011Smckusick.Nm clri
13*67011Smckusick.Nd clear an inode
14*67011Smckusick.Sh SYNOPSIS
15*67011Smckusick.Nm clri
16*67011Smckusick.Ar special_device inode_number ...
17*67011Smckusick.Sh DESCRIPTION
18*67011Smckusick.Bf -symbolic
19*67011Smckusick.Nm Clri
2018844Smckusickis obsoleted for normal file system repair work by
21*67011Smckusick.Xr fsck 8 .
22*67011Smckusick.Ef
23*67011Smckusick.Pp
24*67011Smckusick.Nm Clri
25*67011Smckusickzeros out the inodes with the specified inode number(s)
26*67011Smckusickon the filesystem residing on the given
27*67011Smckusick.Ar special_device .
28*67011SmckusickThe
29*67011Smckusick.Xr fsck 8
30*67011Smckusickutility is usually run after
31*67011Smckusick.Nm clri
32*67011Smckusickto reclaim the zero'ed inode(s) and the
33*67011Smckusickblocks previously claimed by those inode(s).
34*67011SmckusickBoth read and write permission are required on the specified
35*67011Smckusick.Ar special_device .
36*67011Smckusick.Pp
3718844SmckusickThe primary purpose of this routine
3818844Smckusickis to remove a file which
39*67011Smckusickfor some reason is not being properly handled by
40*67011Smckusick.Xr fsck 8 .
41*67011SmckusickOnce removed,
42*67011Smckusickit is anticipated that
43*67011Smckusick.Xr fsck 8
44*67011Smckusickwill be able to clean up the resulting mess.
45*67011Smckusick.Sh "SEE ALSO"
46*67011Smckusick.Xr fsck 8 ,
47*67011Smckusick.Xr fsdb 8 ,
48*67011Smckusick.Xr icheck 8 ,
49*67011Smckusick.Xr ncheck 8
50*67011Smckusick.Sh BUGS
51*67011SmckusickIf the file is open, the work of
52*67011Smckusick.Nm clri
53*67011Smckusickwill be lost when the inode is written back to disk from the inode cache.
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