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Clarify the explanation of archive_write_finish_entry.
authorTim Kientzle <kientzle@gmail.com>
Sun, 2 May 2010 03:51:22 +0000 (23:51 -0400)
committerTim Kientzle <kientzle@gmail.com>
Sun, 2 May 2010 03:51:22 +0000 (23:51 -0400)
SVN-Revision: 2353

libarchive/archive_write_disk.3

index 99878b7192e03a9dfd96b52a607f821aa281ce18..971a3d3b8d2a2f69fce2db431703c4a98f58126f 100644 (file)
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ is called automatically by
 and
 .Fn archive_write_close
 as needed.
+However, some file attributes are written to disk only
+after the file is closed, so this can be necessary
+if you need to work with the file on disk right away.
 .It Fn archive_write_close
 Set any attributes that could not be set during the initial restore.
 For example, directory timestamps are not restored initially because