+.TH CLRI 1M
+.SH NAME
+clri \- clear i-node
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B clri
+filesystem i-number ...
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.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 (1)
+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(1)
+.SH BUGS
+If the file is open,
+.I clri
+is likely to be ineffective.