CLEAR_LOCKS(8)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1

✨ NAME ✨

ok so this is clear_locks — bestie, it clears locks held on behalf of an NFS client 💅

And yeah, the manual page itself is clear_locks(8), section 8, system manager girlie stuff. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

clear_locks hostname

That's literally it. One argument. You give it a hostname, it does the thing. Iconic minimalism, no notes. 🦋

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so picture this: the clear_locks command can be used to clear file locks held by an NFS client. 🔥

But — and this is the important part, do NOT skip this, ngl — it should only be used to handle problems caused by an NFS client crashing while holding locks and then failing to clear them itself when it reboots. 😭

So like… it's the cleanup crew for when a client goes down messy and forgets to tidy up after itself on the way back up. Not an everyday vibe. Use it for that specific mess and that mess only, fr fr. 💀

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

  • rpc.lockd(8) — go read that one too, bestie, it's giving related-content energy 🫶

✨ HISTORY ✨

A version of clear_locks appeared in SunOS 4. so yeah, this girl has been around, she's a legacy icon 👑⭐

anyway that's the whole page, short and slay 🌸 — this one's from the Debian manual, dated March 19, 2008, mwah 💖

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