From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 4 10:22:44 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0CCE16A4DA for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2006 10:22:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mulgajohn@bigpond.com) Received: from omta02ps.mx.bigpond.com (omta02ps.mx.bigpond.com [144.140.83.154]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9D7E43D45 for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2006 10:22:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mulgajohn@bigpond.com) Received: from cpe-124-176-168-149.vic.bigpond.net.au ([124.176.168.149]) by omta02ps.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP id <20060904102239.ESKE10893.omta02ps.mx.bigpond.com@cpe-124-176-168-149.vic.bigpond.net.au> for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2006 10:22:39 +0000 From: John Andrewartha Organization: The Boat People To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 20:22:31 +1000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200609042022.31150.mulgajohn@bigpond.com> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH PLAIN at omta02ps.mx.bigpond.com from [124.176.168.149] using ID mulgajohn at Mon, 4 Sep 2006 10:22:38 +0000 Subject: Just to add to the confusion: async X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 10:22:44 -0000 Try this version. Good English 5 lines and says it all Cheers John async Caution is advised when using this command. All I/O to the file system should be done asynchronously to ensuring maintaining the full integrity of the file system. The use of the 'async' flag by an application may cause unrecoverable data loose and corrupt the disk beyond recovery.