From: Richard W.M. Jones Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 23:10:25 +0000 (-0400) Subject: guestfs(3): Refresh autosync gotcha documentation. X-Git-Tag: 1.11.4~12 X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?p=libguestfs.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=a5e421570cc840f70f2931e24b3df40c9a14cd2d guestfs(3): Refresh autosync gotcha documentation. --- diff --git a/src/guestfs.pod b/src/guestfs.pod index b66c16c..389bced 100644 --- a/src/guestfs.pod +++ b/src/guestfs.pod @@ -775,6 +775,9 @@ them. =item Autosync / forgetting to sync. +I Autosync is enabled by default for all API users starting +from libguestfs 1.5.24. This section only applies to older versions. + When modifying a filesystem from C or another language, you B unmount all filesystems and call L explicitly before you close the libguestfs handle. You can also call: @@ -793,9 +796,6 @@ Note that in L autosync is the default. So quick and dirty guestfish scripts that forget to sync will work just fine, which can make this very puzzling if you are trying to debug a problem. -Update: Autosync is enabled by default for all API users starting from -libguestfs 1.5.24. - =item Mount option C<-o sync> should not be the default. If you use L, then C<-o sync,noatime> are added