clri(1M)                                                              clri(1M)


NAME
     clri - clear EFS inode

SYNOPSIS
     clri special i-number ...

DESCRIPTION
     clri writes nulls on the inode table entry for i-number.  This
     effectively eliminates the inode at that address.  special is the device
     name on which an EFS filesystem has been defined.  After clri is
     executed, any blocks in the affected file shows up as ``not accounted
     for'' when fsck(1M) is run against the filesystem.  The inode can be
     allocated to a new file.

     Read and write permission is required on the specified special device.

     This command is used to remove a file that appears in no directory, that
     is, to get rid of a file that cannot be removed with the rm command.

SEE ALSO
     findblk(1M), fsck(1M), fsdb(1M), ncheck(1M), rm(1), efs(4).

WARNINGS
     If the file is open for writing, clri does not work.  The filesystem
     containing the file should not be mounted.

     If clri is used on the inode number of a file that does appear in a
     directory, it is imperative to remove the entry in the directory at once,
     since the inode can be allocated to a new file.  The old directory entry,
     if not removed, continues to point to the same file.  This sounds like a
     link but does not work like one.  Removing the old entry destroys the new
     file.

     There is no equivalent command for XFS filesystems.  If clri is applied
     to an XFS filesystem, the messages:
          bad superblock magic number in /dev/rdsk/dksxxx
          clri: /dev/dsk/dksxxx is not an extent filesystem
     will appear.


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