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@(#)clri.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ .Dt CLRI 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm clri .Nd clear inodes .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm clri .Ar special_device inode_number ... .Sh DESCRIPTION f -symbolic .Nm is obsoleted for normal file system repair work by .Xr fsck 8 . .Ef
$NetBSD: clri.8,v 1.2 1995/03/18 14:54:31 cgd Exp $
Copyright (c) 1980, 1993
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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@(#)clri.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ .Dt CLRI 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm clri .Nd clear inodes .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm clri .Ar special_device inode_number ... .Sh DESCRIPTION f -symbolic .Nm is obsoleted for normal file system repair work by .Xr fsck 8 . .Ef
p .Nm zeros out the inodes with the specified inode numbers on the filesystem residing on the given .Ar special_device . The .Xr fsck 8 utility is usually run after .Nm to reclaim the zero'ed inodes and the blocks previously claimed by those inodes. Both read and write permission are required on the specified .Ar special_device .
p The primary purpose of this routine is to remove a file which for some reason is not being properly handled by .Xr fsck 8 . Once removed, it is anticipated that .Xr fsck 8 will be able to clean up the resulting mess. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr inode 5 , .Xr fsck 8 , .Xr fsdb 8 , .Xr ncheck 8 .Sh BUGS If the file is open, the work of .Nm will be lost when the inode is written back to disk from the inode cache.