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-rw-r--r--hurd/interface/fs/14.mdwn6
-rw-r--r--hurd/interface/fsys/04.mdwn7
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/hurd/interface/fs/14.mdwn b/hurd/interface/fs/14.mdwn
index c93613d8..a13c0bd8 100644
--- a/hurd/interface/fs/14.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/interface/fs/14.mdwn
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
wait: int;
do_children: int);
-Sync the entire filesystem.
+Synchronize the entire filesystem.
+
+This function has a companion in [[`fsys_syncfs`|fsys_syncfs]], which is
+invoked on the server's control port instead of an arbitrary node. Both of
+them are usually implemented in equivalent ways.
# Implementation Examples
diff --git a/hurd/interface/fsys/04.mdwn b/hurd/interface/fsys/04.mdwn
index 60d314c5..7b370d2b 100644
--- a/hurd/interface/fsys/04.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/interface/fsys/04.mdwn
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
wait: int;
do_children: int);
-Sync a filesystem. Args are the same as for [[`file_syncfs`|file_syncfs]] in
-[[`fs.defs`|fs]].
+Synchronize the entire filesystem.
+
+This function has a companion in [[`file_syncfs`|file_syncfs]], which is
+invoked on an arbitrary node instead of the server's control port. Both of
+them are usually implemented in equivalent ways.
# Implementation Examples