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From 0a03efcd01cfb1e54186d8203fcadc4f31fbdeb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 22:15:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 15/72] docs: Note that guestfs_sync is no longer necessary.
 (cherry picked from commit 917c3520c7d6a2f3f9f670e42e0875aa40579a30)

---
 src/guestfs.pod |   10 ++++------
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/guestfs.pod b/src/guestfs.pod
index 7cb05a6..1376e52 100644
--- a/src/guestfs.pod
+++ b/src/guestfs.pod
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ guestfs - Library for accessing and modifying virtual machine images
  guestfs_mount (g, "/dev/sda1", "/");
  guestfs_touch (g, "/hello");
  guestfs_umount (g, "/");
- guestfs_sync (g);
  guestfs_close (g);
 
  cc prog.c -o prog -lguestfs
@@ -100,11 +99,10 @@ this:
   * disk image.
   */
  guestfs_touch (g, "/hello");
- 
- /* You only need to call guestfs_sync if you have made
-  * changes to the guest image.  (But if you've made changes
-  * then you *must* sync).  See also: guestfs_umount and
-  * guestfs_umount_all calls.
+
+ /* This is only needed for libguestfs < 1.5.24.  Since then
+  * it is done automatically when you close the handle.  See
+  * discussion of autosync in this page.
   */
  guestfs_sync (g);
  
-- 
1.7.1

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