From: Tim Kientzle Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 03:51:22 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Clarify the explanation of archive_write_finish_entry. X-Git-Tag: v3.0.0a~1040 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=66d290379deb3ef5cdecaf90ba5e85d9f29f3f9c;p=thirdparty%2Flibarchive.git Clarify the explanation of archive_write_finish_entry. SVN-Revision: 2353 --- diff --git a/libarchive/archive_write_disk.3 b/libarchive/archive_write_disk.3 index 99878b719..971a3d3b8 100644 --- a/libarchive/archive_write_disk.3 +++ b/libarchive/archive_write_disk.3 @@ -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