clear_locks.1m (2010 09)

clear_locks(1M) clear_locks(1M)

NAME

clear_locks - clear locks held on behalf of an NFS client

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/clear_locks

[-s] hostname

DESCRIPTION

The

clear_locks command removes all ﬁle, record, and share locks created by the hostname and held

on the current host, regardless of which process created or owns the locks.

This command can be run only by the super-user.

This command should only be used to repair the rare case of a client crashing and failing to clear held

locks. Clearing locks held by an active client may cause applications to fail in an unexpected manner.

Options

-s hostname Remove all locks created by the current machine and held by the server, hostname . host-

name is the name of host server.

EXIT STATUS

clear_locks returns:

0 Successful operation.

1 If not root.

2 Usage error.

3 If unable to contact server (RPC).

EXAMPLES

Remove all locks on local NFS server for client, client1 :

clear_locks client1

Remove all locks created by the local client system and held by the remote NFS server, server1 :

clear_locks -s server1

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clear_locks(1M) clear_locks(1M) NAME clear_locks - clear locks held on behalf of an NFS client SYNOPSIS /usr/sbin/clear_locks [-s] hostname DESCRIPTION The clear_locks command removes all file, record, and share locks created by the hostname and held on the current host, regardless of which process created or owns the locks. This command can be run only by the super-user. This command should only be used to repair the rare case of a client crashing and failing to clear held locks.
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(Notes) A (Notes) cA 2 Hewlett-Packard Company −1− HP-UX 11i Version 3: September 2010