79 lines
2.4 KiB
Groff
79 lines
2.4 KiB
Groff
.\" -*- nroff -*-
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Doug Rabson
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.\"
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This program is free software.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
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.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
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.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
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.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
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.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
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.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd July 24, 1996
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.Os
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.Dt VFS_SYNC 9
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm VFS_SYNC
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.Nd flush unwritten data
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <sys/param.h>
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.Fd #include <sys/mount.h>
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.Fd #include <sys/vnode.h>
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.Ft int
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.Fn VFS_SYNC "struct mount *mp" "int waitfor" "struct ucred *cred" "struct proc *p"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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This writes out all unwritten data in a filesystem.
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.Pp
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Its arguments are:
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.Bl -tag -width waitfor
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.It Ar mp
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The filesystem.
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.It Ar waitfor
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Whether the function should wait for I/O to complete.
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Possible values are:
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.Bl -tag -width MNT_NOWAIT
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.It Dv MNT_WAIT
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synchronously wait for I/O to complete
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.It Dv MNT_NOWAIT
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start all I/O, but do not wait for it
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.It Dv MNT_LAZY
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push data not written by filesystem syncer
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.El
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.It Ar cred
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The caller's credentials.
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.It Ar p
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The calling process.
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.El
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.Pp
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This would normally call
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.Xr VOP_FSYNC 9
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for all the vnodes in the filesystem.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr fsync 2 ,
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.Xr sync 2 ,
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.Xr VFS 9 ,
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.Xr vnode 9 ,
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.Xr VOP_FSYNC 9
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.Sh AUTHORS
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This man page was written by
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.An Doug Rabson .
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