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diff --git a/man/man9/clunk.9p b/man/man9/clunk.9p new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ef3ecdc4 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man9/clunk.9p @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +.TH CLUNK 9P +.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 +.PP +Even if the +.B clunk +returns an error, the +.I fid +is no longer valid.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 +.B Clunk +transactions are +generated by +.I fsclose +and +.I fsunmount +(see +.IR 9pclient (3)) +and indirectly by other actions such as failed +.I fsopen +calls. +.\" +.\" A +.\" .B clunk +.\" message is generated by +.\" .I close +.\" and indirectly by other actions such as failed +.\" .I open +.\" calls. |