CLUNK(5)                                                 CLUNK(5)

     NAME
          clunk - forget about a fid

     SYNOPSIS
          size[4] Tclunk tag[2] fid[4]
          size[4] Rclunk tag[2]

     DESCRIPTION
          The clunk request informs the file server that the current
          file represented by fid is no longer needed by the client.
          The actual file is not removed on the server unless the fid
          had been opened with ORCLOSE.

          Once a fid has been clunked, the same fid can be reused in a
          new walk or attach request.

          Even if the clunk returns an error, the fid is no longer
          valid.

     ENTRY POINTS
          A clunk message is generated when a file descriptor is
          closed (usually by the garbage collector) and indirectly by
          other actions such as failed open calls.

     SEE ALSO
          sys-open(2)

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