freebsd man page for clear_locks

Query: clear_locks

OS: freebsd

Section: 8

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

NAME
clear_locks -- clear locks held on behalf of an NFS client
SYNOPSIS
clear_locks hostname
DESCRIPTION
The clear_locks command can be used to clear file locks held by an NFS client. This should only be used to handle problems caused by an NFS client crashing while holding locks and failing to clear them itself when it reboots.
SEE ALSO
rpc.lockd(8)
HISTORY
A version of clear_locks appeared in SunOS 4.
BSD
March 19, 2008 BSD
Related Man Pages
clear_locks(1m) - opensolaris
clear_locks(1m) - sunos
clear_locks(1m) - v7
clear_locks(1m) - centos
clear_locks(1m) - x11r4
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