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diff --git a/man2/fdatasync.2 b/man2/fdatasync.2 index 49cd2315c6..34fbbdbd2e 100644 --- a/man2/fdatasync.2 +++ b/man2/fdatasync.2 @@ -40,16 +40,16 @@ fdatasync \- synchronize a file's in-core data with that on disk flushes all data buffers of a file to disk (before the system call returns). It resembles -.BR fsync () +.BR fsync (2) but is not required to update the metadata such as access time. Applications that access databases or log files often write a tiny data fragment (e.g., one line in a log file) and then call -.BR fsync () +.BR fsync (2) immediately in order to ensure that the written data is physically stored on the harddisk. Unfortunately, -.BR fsync () +.BR fsync (2) will always initiate two write operations: one for the newly written data and another one in order to update the modification time stored in the inode. @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ is bound to a special file which does not support synchronization. Currently (Linux 2.2) .BR fdatasync () is equivalent to -.BR fsync (). +.BR fsync (2). .SH AVAILABILITY On POSIX systems on which .BR fdatasync () |