From: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 22:15:45 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: docs: Note that guestfs_sync is no longer necessary.
X-Git-Tag: 1.7.21~17
X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=917c3520c7d6a2f3f9f670e42e0875aa40579a30;p=libguestfs.git

docs: Note that guestfs_sync is no longer necessary.
---

diff --git a/src/guestfs.pod b/src/guestfs.pod
index 7cb05a6..1376e52 100644
--- a/src/guestfs.pod
+++ b/src/guestfs.pod
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ guestfs - Library for accessing and modifying virtual machine images
  guestfs_mount (g, "/dev/sda1", "/");
  guestfs_touch (g, "/hello");
  guestfs_umount (g, "/");
- guestfs_sync (g);
  guestfs_close (g);
 
  cc prog.c -o prog -lguestfs
@@ -100,11 +99,10 @@ this:
   * disk image.
   */
  guestfs_touch (g, "/hello");
- 
- /* You only need to call guestfs_sync if you have made
-  * changes to the guest image.  (But if you've made changes
-  * then you *must* sync).  See also: guestfs_umount and
-  * guestfs_umount_all calls.
+
+ /* This is only needed for libguestfs < 1.5.24.  Since then
+  * it is done automatically when you close the handle.  See
+  * discussion of autosync in this page.
   */
  guestfs_sync (g);