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  1. .TH CLUNK 5
  2. .SH NAME
  3. clunk \- forget about a fid
  4. .SH SYNOPSIS
  5. .ta \w'\fLTclunk 'u
  6. .IR size [4]
  7. .B Tclunk
  8. .IR tag [2]
  9. .IR fid [4]
  10. .br
  11. .IR size [4]
  12. .B Rclunk
  13. .IR tag [2]
  14. .SH DESCRIPTION
  15. The
  16. .B clunk
  17. request informs the file server
  18. that the current file represented by
  19. .I fid
  20. is no longer needed by the client.
  21. The actual file is not removed on the server unless the fid had been opened with
  22. .BR ORCLOSE .
  23. .PP
  24. Once a fid has been clunked,
  25. the same fid can be reused in a new
  26. .B walk
  27. or
  28. .B attach
  29. request.
  30. .PP
  31. Even if the
  32. .B clunk
  33. returns an error, the
  34. .I fid
  35. is no longer valid.
  36. .SH ENTRY POINTS
  37. A
  38. .B clunk
  39. message is generated by
  40. .I close
  41. and indirectly by other actions such as failed
  42. .I open
  43. calls.