Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 09:37:21 +1000 (EST) From: iain@ugh.net.au To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/27600: Sync.8 manual page has a minor typo (insure not ensure) Message-ID: <20010523233721.A0BBEA87A@starbug.ugh.net.au>
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>Number: 27600 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Sync.8 manual page has a minor typo (insure not ensure) >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed May 23 16:40:01 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Iain Templeton >Release: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386 >Organization: CISRA >Environment: >Description: In the sync.8 manual page, it says that sync can be called to "insure" stuff, this should be "ensure". (Does this mean that if sync doesn't work, and I loose stuff through buffers not being written out, that sync will pay me for my loss?). >How-To-Repeat: man sync >Fix: --- sync.8 Thu May 24 09:32:17 2001 +++ sync.8.new Thu May 24 09:32:49 2001 @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ .Nm .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm Sync -can be called to insure that all disk writes have been completed before the +can be called to ensure that all disk writes have been completed before the processor is halted in a way not suitably done by .Xr reboot 8 or >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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