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diff --git a/docs/manpages-3/smb-vfs-cacheprime.8.xml b/docs/manpages-3/smb-vfs-cacheprime.8.xml index 0fa23cbf1e..1aafec0198 100644 --- a/docs/manpages-3/smb-vfs-cacheprime.8.xml +++ b/docs/manpages-3/smb-vfs-cacheprime.8.xml @@ -49,9 +49,8 @@ <term>cacheprime:rsize = BYTES</term> <listitem> <para>The number of bytes with which to prime - the kernel data cache. - - The following suffixes may be applied to BYTES:</para> + the kernel data cache.</para> + <para>The following suffixes may be applied to BYTES:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para><command>K</command> - BYTES is a number of kilobytes</para></listitem> <listitem><para><command>M</command> - BYTES is a number of megabytes</para></listitem> diff --git a/docs/manpages-3/smb-vfs-commit.8.xml b/docs/manpages-3/smb-vfs-commit.8.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7650e75a97 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/manpages-3/smb-vfs-commit.8.xml @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//Samba-Team//DTD DocBook V4.2-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> +<refentry id="smb-vfs-commit.8"> + +<refmeta> + <refentrytitle>smb-vfs-commit</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> +</refmeta> + + +<refnamediv> + <refname>commit</refname> + <refpurpose>flush dirty data at specified intervals</refpurpose> +</refnamediv> + +<refsynopsisdiv> + <cmdsynopsis> + <command>vfs objects = commit</command> + </cmdsynopsis> +</refsynopsisdiv> + +<refsect1> + <title>DESCRIPTION</title> + + <para>This module is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para> + + <para>The <command>commit</command> VFS module keeps track of + the amount of data written to a file and synchronizes it to + disk when a specified amount accumulates. + </para> + + <para><command>commit</command> is useful in two + circumstances. First, if you have very precious data, the + impact of unexpected power loss can be minimized by a small + commit:dthresh value. Secondly, write performance can be + improved on some systems by flushing file data early and at + regular intervals.</para> + + <para>This module is stackable.</para> + +</refsect1> + + +<refsect1> + <title>OPTIONS</title> + + <variablelist> + + <varlistentry> + <term>commit:dthresh = BYTES</term> + <listitem> + <para>Synchronize file data each time the specified + number of bytes has been written. + </para> + + <para>The following suffixes may be applied to BYTES:</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para><command>K</command> - BYTES is a number of kilobytes</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><command>M</command> - BYTES is a number of megabytes</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><command>G</command> - BYTES is a number of gigabytes</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>EXAMPLES</title> + + <para>Synchronize the file data on the [precious] share after + every 512 kilobytes (524288 bytes) of data is written:</para> +<programlisting> + <smbconfsection name="[precious]"/> + <smbconfoption name="path">/data/precious</smbconfoption> + <smbconfoption name="vfs objects">commit</smbconfoption> + <smbconfoption name="commit:dthresh">512K</smbconfoption> +</programlisting> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>CAVEATS</title> + <para>On some systems, the data synchronization performed by + <command>commit</command> may reduce performance. + </para> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>VERSION</title> + <para>This man page is correct for version 3.0.25 of the Samba suite. + </para> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>AUTHOR</title> + + <para>The original Samba software and related utilities + were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed + by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar + to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para> + +</refsect1> + +</refentry> |