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35.Dd April 19, 1994
36.Dt CLRI 8
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm clri
40.Nd clear an inode
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Ar special_device inode_number ...
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45.Bf -symbolic
46The
47.Nm
48utility is obsoleted for normal file system repair work by
49.Xr fsck 8 .
50.Ef
51.Pp
52The
53.Nm
54utility zeroes out the inodes with the specified inode number(s)
55on the file system residing on the given
56.Ar special_device .
57The
58.Xr fsck 8
59utility is usually run after
60.Nm
61to reclaim the zeroed inode(s) and the
62blocks previously claimed by those inode(s).
63Both read and write permission are required on the specified
64.Ar special_device .
65.Pp
66The primary purpose of this routine
67is to remove a file which
68for some reason is not being properly handled by
69.Xr fsck 8 .
70Once removed,
71it is anticipated that
72.Xr fsck 8
73will be able to clean up the resulting mess.
74.Sh SEE ALSO
75.Xr fsck 8 ,
76.Xr fsdb 8
77.Sh BUGS
78If the file is open, the work of
79.Nm
80will be lost when the inode is written back to disk from the inode cache.
81