CLRI (VIII) 1/20/73 CLRI (VIII)





CLRI (VIII)                  1/20/73                  CLRI (VIII)





NAME            clri -- clear i-node



SYNOPSIS        clri i-number [ file system ]



DESCRIPTION     clri writes zeros on the 32 bytes occupied by the

                i-node numbered i-number.  If the file system ar-

                gument is given, the i-node resides on the given

                device, otherwise on a default file system.  The

                file system argument must be a special file name

                referring to a device containing a file system.



                After clri, any blocks in the affected file will

                show up as "missing" in a check of the file sys-

                tem.



                Read and write permission is required on the

                specified file system device.  The i-node becomes

                allocatable.



                The primary purpose of this routine is to remove

                a file which for some reason appears in no direc-

                tory.



DIAGNOSTICS     "error"
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