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CLRI(8)                   BSD System Manager's Manual                  CLRI(8)

NAME
     clri -- clear an inode

SYNOPSIS
     clri special_device inode_number ...

DESCRIPTION
     Clri is obsoleted for normal file system repair work by fsck(8).

     Clri zeros out the inodes with the specified inode number(s) on the filesystem residing on the given
     special_device.  The fsck(8) utility is usually run after clri to reclaim the zero'ed inode(s) and the
     blocks previously claimed by those inode(s).  Both read and write permission are required on the speci-fied specified
     fied special_device.

     The primary purpose of this routine is to remove a file which for some reason is not being properly
     handled by fsck(8).  Once removed, it is anticipated that fsck(8) will be able to clean up the result-ing resulting
     ing mess.

SEE ALSO
     fsck(8), fsdb(8), icheck(8), ncheck(8)

BUGS
     If the file is open, the work of clri will be lost when the inode is written back to disk from the
     inode cache.

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