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1.1     ! root        1: .TH CLRI 8
        !             2: .CT 1 sa_nonmortals
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: clri \- clear inode
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B /etc/clri
        !             7: .I special i-number ...
        !             8: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             9: .I Clri
        !            10: writes zeros on the inodes
        !            11: with the decimal
        !            12: .I i-numbers
        !            13: on the
        !            14: file system in file
        !            15: .IR special .
        !            16: After
        !            17: .I clri,
        !            18: any blocks
        !            19: in the affected file
        !            20: will show up as `missing' in
        !            21: .IR icheck (8).
        !            22: .PP
        !            23: The inode becomes allocatable.
        !            24: .PP
        !            25: The primary purpose of this program
        !            26: is to remove a file which
        !            27: for some reason appears in no
        !            28: directory.
        !            29: If it is used to clear an inode
        !            30: which does appear in a directory, care should be taken to track down
        !            31: the entry and remove it.
        !            32: Otherwise, when the inode is reallocated to some new file,
        !            33: the old entry will still point to that file.
        !            34: At that point removing the old entry will destroy the new file.
        !            35: The new entry will again point to an unallocated inode,
        !            36: so the cycle is likely to be repeated.
        !            37: .PP
        !            38: .I Clri
        !            39: is a last resort; normally
        !            40: .IR fsck (8)
        !            41: can do the necessary repairs.
        !            42: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            43: .IR fsck (8), 
        !            44: .IR icheck (8)
        !            45: .SH BUGS
        !            46: If the file is open,
        !            47: .I clri
        !            48: is likely to be ineffective.

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