Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 11:41:12 +0200 From: Kees Jan Koster <dutchman@spase.nl> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/1281: Dead update(8) still referenced in man pages Message-ID: <199605300941.LAA01307@phobos.spase.nl> Resent-Message-ID: <199605301030.DAA22835@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 1281 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Dead update(8) still referenced in man pages >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu May 30 03:30:06 PDT 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Kees Jan Koster >Organization: spase.nl >Release: FreeBSD 2.1-RELEASE i386 >Environment: I use FreeBSD-release from the Walnut Creek cdrom. >Description: Altough update(8) does not exist anymore on the system, some manual still have cross-references. I was annoyed :-) >How-To-Repeat: type: man 2 sync man 2 fsync man 8 sync >Fix: I have the diffs here, altough it is pretty trivial. I removed the line in sync(2) that hints at cached data being lost in a crash. Should that read something like `Information in the cache is lost in a crash'? *** sync.2.orig Thu May 30 11:22:30 1996 --- sync.2 Thu May 30 11:24:07 1996 *************** *** 48,60 **** in the block buffer cache out to disk. The kernel keeps this information in core to reduce the number of disk I/O transfers required by the system. - As information in the cache is lost after a system crash a - .Fn sync - call is issued - frequently - by the user process - .Xr update 8 - (about every 30 seconds). .Pp The function .Xr fsync 2 --- 48,53 ---- *************** *** 62,69 **** attributes. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr fsync 2 , ! .Xr sync 8 , ! .Xr update 8 .Sh BUGS .Fn Sync may return before the buffers are completely flushed. --- 55,61 ---- attributes. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr fsync 2 , ! .Xr sync 8 .Sh BUGS .Fn Sync may return before the buffers are completely flushed. *** fsync.2.orig Thu May 30 11:27:47 1996 --- fsync.2 Thu May 30 11:28:12 1996 *************** *** 72,79 **** .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr sync 2 , ! .Xr sync 8 , ! .Xr update 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm --- 72,78 ---- .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr sync 2 , ! .Xr sync 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm *** sync.8.orig Thu May 30 11:22:35 1996 --- sync.8 Thu May 30 11:24:07 1996 *************** *** 65,72 **** .Xr sync 2 , .Xr fsync 2 , .Xr halt 8 , ! .Xr reboot 8 , ! .Xr update 8 .Sh HISTORY A .Nm sync --- 65,71 ---- .Xr sync 2 , .Xr fsync 2 , .Xr halt 8 , ! .Xr reboot 8 .Sh HISTORY A .Nm sync >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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