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VFS_SYNC(9)           DragonFly Kernel Developer's Manual          VFS_SYNC(9)

NAME
     VFS_SYNC -- flush unwritten data

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/param.h>
     #include <sys/mount.h>
     #include <sys/vnode.h>

     int
     VFS_SYNC(struct mount *mp, int waitfor, struct ucred *cred,
         struct proc *p);

DESCRIPTION
     This writes out all unwritten data in a filesystem.

     Its arguments are:

     mp       The filesystem.

     waitfor  Whether the function should wait for I/O to complete.

     cred     The caller's credentials.

     p        The calling process.

     This would normally call VOP_FSYNC(9) for all the vnodes in the filesys-
     tem.

SEE ALSO
     fsync(2), sync(2), VFS(9), vnode(9), VOP_FSYNC(9)

AUTHORS
     This man page was written by Doug Rabson.

DragonFly 3.5                    July 24, 1996                   DragonFly 3.5