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CLRI(8) System Manager's Manual CLRI(8) NAME clri - clear inode SYNOPSIS /etc/clri special i-number ... DESCRIPTION Clri writes zeros on the inodes with the decimal i-numbers on the file system in file special. After clri, any blocks in the affected file will show up as `missing' in icheck(8). The inode becomes allocatable. The primary purpose of this program is to remove a file which for some reason appears in no directory. If it is used to clear an inode which does appear in a directory, care should be taken to track down the en- try and remove it. Otherwise, when the inode 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 inode, so the cycle is likely to be re- peated. Clri is a last resort; normally fsck(8) can do the necessary repairs. SEE ALSO fsck(8), icheck(8) BUGS If the file is open, clri is likely to be ineffective. CLRI(8)