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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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