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| author | Charles.Forsyth <devnull@localhost> | 2006-12-22 20:52:35 +0000 |
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| committer | Charles.Forsyth <devnull@localhost> | 2006-12-22 20:52:35 +0000 |
| commit | 46439007cf417cbd9ac8049bb4122c890097a0fa (patch) | |
| tree | 6fdb25e5f3a2b6d5657eb23b35774b631d4d97e4 /man/5/clunk | |
| parent | 37da2899f40661e3e9631e497da8dc59b971cbd0 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/man/5/clunk b/man/5/clunk new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b21eba0a --- /dev/null +++ b/man/5/clunk @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +.TH CLUNK 5 +.SH NAME +clunk \- forget about a fid +.SH SYNOPSIS +.ta \w'\fLTclunk 'u +.IR size [4] +.B Tclunk +.IR tag [2] +.IR fid [4] +.br +.IR size [4] +.B Rclunk +.IR tag [2] +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.B clunk +request informs the file server +that the current file represented by +.I fid +is no longer needed by the client. +The actual file is not removed on the server unless the fid had been opened with +.BR ORCLOSE . +.PP +Once a fid has been clunked, +the same fid can be reused in a new +.B walk +or +.B attach +request. +.PP +Even if the +.B clunk +returns an error, the +.I fid +is no longer valid. +.SH ENTRY POINTS +A +.B clunk +message is generated when a file descriptor is closed (usually by the garbage collector) +and indirectly by other actions such as failed +.I open +calls. +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR sys-open (2) |