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.\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
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.TH CLRI 8 ""
.UC 4
.SH NAME
clri \- clear i-node
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /etc/clri
filesystem i-number ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B N.B.:
.I Clri
is obsoleted for normal file system repair work by
.IR fsck (8).
.PP
.I Clri
writes zeros on the i-nodes
with the decimal
.I i-numbers
on the
.I filesystem.
After
.I clri,
any blocks
in the affected file
will show up as `missing' in an
.IR icheck (8)
of the
.I filesystem.
.PP
Read and write permission is required on the specified
file system device.
The i-node becomes allocatable.
.PP
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 i-node
which does appear in a directory, care should be taken to track down
the entry and remove it.
Otherwise, when the i-node 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 i-node,
so the whole cycle is likely to be repeated again and again.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
icheck(8)
.SH BUGS
If the file is open,
.I clri
is likely to be ineffective.
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55cea326	8	.TH CLRI 8 ""
a89e138e KM	9	.UC 4
	10	.SH NAME
	11	clri \- clear i-node
	12	.SH SYNOPSIS
	13	.B /etc/clri
	14	filesystem i-number ...
	15	.SH DESCRIPTION
	16	.B N.B.:
	17	.I Clri
	18	is obsoleted for normal file system repair work by
	19	.IR fsck (8).
	20	.PP
	21	.I Clri
	22	writes zeros on the i-nodes
	23	with the decimal
	24	.I i-numbers
	25	on the
	26	.I filesystem.
	27	After
	28	.I clri,
	29	any blocks
	30	in the affected file
	31	will show up as `missing' in an
0904b7f1	32	.IR icheck (8)
a89e138e KM	33	of the
	34	.I filesystem.
	35	.PP
	36	Read and write permission is required on the specified
	37	file system device.
	38	The i-node becomes allocatable.
	39	.PP
	40	The primary purpose of this routine
	41	is to remove a file which
	42	for some reason appears in no
	43	directory.
	44	If it is used to zap an i-node
	45	which does appear in a directory, care should be taken to track down
	46	the entry and remove it.
	47	Otherwise, when the i-node is reallocated to some new file,
	48	the old entry will still point to that file.
	49	At that point removing the old entry will destroy the new file.
	50	The new entry will again point to an unallocated i-node,
	51	so the whole cycle is likely to be repeated again and again.
	52	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	53	icheck(8)
	54	.SH BUGS
	55	If the file is open,
	56	.I clri
	57	is likely to be ineffective.