clunk.9p (890B)
1 .TH CLUNK 9P 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26 .B walk 27 or 28 .B attach 29 request. 30 .PP 31 Even if the 32 .B clunk 33 returns an error, the 34 .I fid 35 is no longer valid. 36 .SH ENTRY POINTS 37 .B Clunk 38 transactions are 39 generated by 40 .I fsclose 41 and 42 .I fsunmount 43 (see 44 .MR 9pclient (3) ) 45 and indirectly by other actions such as failed 46 .I fsopen 47 calls. 48 .\" 49 .\" A 50 .\" .B clunk 51 .\" message is generated by 52 .\" .I close 53 .\" and indirectly by other actions such as failed 54 .\" .I open 55 .\" calls.