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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: O_SYNC
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>Isn't O_SYNC the POSIX way to do things?  Why does FreeBSD have
>O_FSYNC, and why isn't it documented?

POSIX.1 doesn't specify any way to sync files.  Perhaps FreeBSD
has O_FSYNC as a compatibility hack, and it isn't documented because
it doesn't do anything.

Bruce