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CLEAR_LOCKS(8)		FreeBSD System Manager's Manual 	CLEAR_LOCKS(8)

NAME
     clear_locks -- clear locks held on behalf of an NFS client

SYNOPSIS
     clear_locks hostname

DESCRIPTION
     The clear_locks command can be used to clear file locks held by an NFS
     client.  This should only be used to handle problems caused by an NFS
     client crashing while holding locks and failing to clear them itself when
     it reboots.

SEE ALSO
     rpc.lockd(8)

HISTORY
     A version of clear_locks appeared in SunOS 4.

FreeBSD 7.2			March 19, 2008			   FreeBSD 7.2

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