1.\" $NetBSD: clri.8,v 1.7 2003/08/07 10:04:12 agc Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 15.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 16.\" without specific prior written permission. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 19.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 20.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 21.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 22.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 23.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 24.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 25.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 26.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 27.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 28.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.\" @(#)clri.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 31.\" 32.Dd April 19, 1994 33.Dt CLRI 8 34.Os 35.Sh NAME 36.Nm clri 37.Nd clear an inode 38.Sh SYNOPSIS 39.Nm 40.Ar special_device inode_number ... 41.Sh DESCRIPTION 42.Bf -symbolic 43.Nm 44is obsoleted for normal file system repair work by 45.Xr fsck 8 . 46.Ef 47.Pp 48.Nm 49zeros out the inodes with the specified inode number(s) 50on the filesystem residing on the given 51.Ar special_device . 52The 53.Xr fsck 8 54utility is usually run after 55.Nm 56to reclaim the zero'ed inode(s) and the 57blocks previously claimed by those inode(s). 58Both read and write permission are required on the specified 59.Ar special_device . 60.Pp 61The primary purpose of this routine 62is to remove a file which 63for some reason is not being properly handled by 64.Xr fsck 8 . 65Once removed, 66it is anticipated that 67.Xr fsck 8 68will be able to clean up the resulting mess. 69.Sh SEE ALSO 70.Xr fsck 8 , 71.Xr fsdb 8 72.Sh BUGS 73If the file is open, the work of 74.Nm 75will be lost when the inode is written back to disk from the inode cache. 76