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<html>
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<head>
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<title>fsync</title>
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="../man.css">
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</head>
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<body bgcolor=#ffffff>
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<h2 align=center>fsync</h2>
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<h4 align=center>OS/161 Reference Manual</h4>
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<h3>Name</h3>
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<p>
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fsync - flush filesystem data for a specific file to disk
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</p>
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<h3>Library</h3>
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<p>
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Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
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</p>
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<h3>Synopsis</h3>
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<p>
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<tt>#include <unistd.h></tt><br>
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<br>
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<tt>int</tt><br>
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<tt>fsync(int </tt><em>fd</em><tt>);</tt>
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</p>
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<h3>Description</h3>
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<p>
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The <tt>fsync</tt> function forces a write of dirty filesystem buffers
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and other dirty filesystem state associated with the object referred
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to by <em>fd</em> to be written to disk.
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</p>
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<p>
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<tt>fsync</tt> should not return until the writes are complete.
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</p>
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<h3>Return Values</h3>
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<p>
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On success, <tt>fsync</tt> returns 0. On error, -1 is returned, and
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<A HREF=errno.html>errno</A> is set according to the error
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encountered.
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</p>
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<h3>Errors</h3>
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<p>
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The following error codes should be returned under the conditions
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given. Other error codes may be returned for other cases not
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mentioned here.
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<tr><td width=5% rowspan=2> </td>
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<td width=10% valign=top>EBADF</td>
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<td><em>fd</em> is not a valid file
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handle.</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top>EIO</td> <td>A hard I/O error occurred.</td></tr>
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</table>
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</p>
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</body>
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