QUESTION:
In unix there is a command 'clri' that allows one to remove a
file by its inode number. AIX does not seem to have this
command. Is there a way to remove a file by its inode number
in AIX? I have looked in info and man pages but have found
nothing.
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A: AIX does not have an exact equivalent of the "clri" command, but
here is a workaround:
find / -inum 1234 -exec rm {} \; # the {} are left and right
# braces.
That command will search all mounted filesystems and delete each
occurrence of inode number 1234. What this command actually does is
search all mounted filesystems for that inode, and pass the fully
qualified path name to the rm command. The end result would be the
same as the clri command, but you are still deleting files by file
name.
If you have mounted filesystems which you do not want searched (like
NFS or CD-ROM), then you could use the following command instead:
find / -fstype jfs -inum 1234 -exec rm {} \;
This will only search mounted jfs filesystems for inode 1234.
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This item was created from library item Q615431 BXNHC
Additional search words:
AIX BXNHC FILE FILES INODE IX JAN93 NUMBER NUMBERING NUMERIC
NUMERICAL OP QUESTION REMOVING RISCOSO RISCSYSTEM SOFTWARE SYS
WWQA: ITEM: RTA000028234 ITEM: RTA000028234
Dated: 11/1996 Category: RISCOSO
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