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diff --git a/sbin/clri/clri.8 b/sbin/clri/clri.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9ee8ffe --- /dev/null +++ b/sbin/clri/clri.8 @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)clri.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 +.\" +.Dd April 19, 1994 +.Dt CLRI 8 +.Os BSD 4 +.Sh NAME +.Nm clri +.Nd clear an inode +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm clri +.Ar special_device inode_number ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Bf -symbolic +.Nm Clri +is obsoleted for normal file system repair work by +.Xr fsck 8 . +.Ef +.Pp +.Nm Clri +zeros out the inodes with the specified inode number(s) +on the filesystem residing on the given +.Ar special_device . +The +.Xr fsck 8 +utility is usually run after +.Nm clri +to reclaim the zero'ed inode(s) and the +blocks previously claimed by those inode(s). +Both read and write permission are required on the specified +.Ar special_device . +.Pp +The primary purpose of this routine +is to remove a file which +for some reason is not being properly handled by +.Xr fsck 8 . +Once removed, +it is anticipated that +.Xr fsck 8 +will be able to clean up the resulting mess. +.Sh "SEE ALSO" +.Xr fsck 8 , +.Xr fsdb 8 +.Sh BUGS +If the file is open, the work of +.Nm clri +will be lost when the inode is written back to disk from the inode cache. |