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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man4/syncer.4 3.html b/static/freebsd/man4/syncer.4 3.html deleted file mode 100644 index 36473d32..00000000 --- a/static/freebsd/man4/syncer.4 3.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,86 +0,0 @@ -<table class="head"> - <tr> - <td class="head-ltitle">SYNCER(4)</td> - <td class="head-vol">Device Drivers Manual</td> - <td class="head-rtitle">SYNCER(4)</td> - </tr> -</table> -<div class="manual-text"> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">syncer</code> — <span class="Nd">file - system synchronizer kernel process</span></p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1> -<table class="Nm"> - <tr> - <td><code class="Nm">syncer</code></td> - <td></td> - </tr> -</table> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">syncer</code> kernel process helps protect - the integrity of disk volumes by flushing volatile cached file system data - to disk.</p> -<p class="Pp">The kernel places all <a class="Xr">vnode(9)</a>'s in a number of - queues. The <code class="Nm">syncer</code> process works through the queues - in a round-robin fashion, usually processing one queue per second. For each - <a class="Xr">vnode(9)</a> on that queue, the <code class="Nm">syncer</code> - process forces a write out to disk of its dirty buffers.</p> -<p class="Pp">The usual delay between the time buffers are dirtied and the time - they are synced is controlled by the following <a class="Xr">sysctl(8)</a> - tunable variables:</p> -<table class="Bl-column"> - <tr id="Variable"> - <td><a class="permalink" href="#Variable"><i class="Em">Variable</i></a></td> - <td><a class="permalink" href="#Default"><i class="Em" id="Default">Default</i></a></td> - <td><a class="permalink" href="#Description"><i class="Em" id="Description">Description</i></a></td> - </tr> - <tr id="kern.filedelay"> - <td><var class="Va">kern.filedelay</var></td> - <td>30</td> - <td>time to delay syncing files</td> - </tr> - <tr id="kern.dirdelay"> - <td><var class="Va">kern.dirdelay</var></td> - <td>29</td> - <td>time to delay syncing directories</td> - </tr> - <tr id="kern.metadelay"> - <td><var class="Va">kern.metadelay</var></td> - <td>28</td> - <td>time to delay syncing metadata</td> - </tr> -</table> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE - ALSO</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">sync(2)</a>, <a class="Xr">fsck(8)</a>, - <a class="Xr">sync(8)</a>, <a class="Xr">sysctl(8)</a></p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="HISTORY"><a class="permalink" href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">syncer</code> process is a descendant of the - ‘update’ command, which appeared in - <span class="Ux">Version 6 AT&T UNIX</span>, and was usually - started by <span class="Pa">/etc/rc</span> when the system went multi-user. - A kernel initiated ‘update’ process first appeared in - <span class="Ux">FreeBSD 2.0</span>.</p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="BUGS"><a class="permalink" href="#BUGS">BUGS</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">It is possible on some systems that a <a class="Xr">sync(2)</a> - occurring simultaneously with a crash may cause file system damage. See - <a class="Xr">fsck(8)</a>.</p> -</section> -</div> -<table class="foot"> - <tr> - <td class="foot-date">July 14, 2000</td> - <td class="foot-os">FreeBSD 15.0</td> - </tr> -</table> |