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doc: Adds a bug section to sync.1 page to draw attention to unexpected behavior allowed by POSIX.

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Message #25 received at 19995-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stéphane Aulery <saulery <at> free.fr>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: 19995-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19995: [patch] sync.1: prevent data loss (reposte of my
 previous merged message)
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 14:20:14 +0100

Hello Brady,

Le jeudi 05 mars 2015 à 12:23:44, Pádraig Brady a écrit :
> 
> How about I apply this in your name instead?
> 
> diff --git a/man/sync.x b/man/sync.x
> index 79fee22..18ee3fc 100644
> --- a/man/sync.x
> +++ b/man/sync.x
> @@ -2,5 +2,8 @@
>  sync \- Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage
>  [DESCRIPTION]
>  .\" Add any additional description here
> +[BUGS]
> +Persistence guarantees vary per system.
> +See the system calls below for more details.
>  [SEE ALSO]
>  fdatasync(2), fsync(2), sync(2), syncfs(2)

It's good for me. Thank you.

Regards,

-- 
Stéphane Aulery

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