ultrix man page for clri

clri(8) 						      System Manager's Manual							   clri(8)

Name
       clri - clear inodes

Syntax
       /etc/clri filesystem i-number ...

Description
       The command has been superseded by for normal file system repair work.

       The  command  writes zeros on the i-nodes with the decimal i-numbers on the filesystem.	After any blocks in the affected file will show up
       as `missing' in an of the filesystem.

       Read and write permission is required on the specified file system device.  The i-node becomes allocatable.

       The primary purpose of this command 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.

Restrictions
       If the file is open, is likely to be ineffective.

See Also
       icheck(8)

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