Re: fsync for only part of a file

"Perry E. Metzger" <perry-X5Sd0iy3FnBWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> 13 Sep 2003 12:35:49 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.os.bsd.api.general
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wrstuden-DZEk9q7Sfju/3pe1ocb+swC/[email protected] writes:
> The best name so far for the functionality is fsync2(2). Suggestions on a
> better name are appreciated.

fsyncreg (for region).

I find naming calls "fooN" really really annoying.

If you wanted to be really weird about it, you could name it "syncf",
by analogy to the flock/lockf dichotomy, but I think that would be
nearly as bad as "fsync2".

Perry

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