From 66d290379deb3ef5cdecaf90ba5e85d9f29f3f9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Kientzle Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 23:51:22 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify the explanation of archive_write_finish_entry. SVN-Revision: 2353 --- libarchive/archive_write_disk.3 | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) 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 -- 2.47.3