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From: Dan Benjamin <dpb@crc.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: fsck problem
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 13:37:03 -0500
Organization: Coleman Research Corporation
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busch@elcafe.com wrote:
> 
> Hi !
> 
> Somehow my FreeBSD 2.1.5 machine managed to erase one directory's
> ".." entry, rendering it not only unusable but also a source for
> possible kernel panic's. fsck seem unable to deal with it, as it
> asks to fix it, then does it (allegedly), and the same thing
> will come up again at next boot time :-((

Check out the man page for clri

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Dan Benjamin
dpb@crc.com