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fsync.2: Minor text reworking 

Move the discussion of fsync() and metadata into a separate
paragraph to make the point more obvious.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2017-09-10 07:29:37 +02:00
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@ -70,8 +70,10 @@ changed information can be retrieved even if the system crashes or
is rebooted.
This includes writing through or flushing a disk cache if present.
The call blocks until the device reports that the transfer has completed.
It also flushes metadata information associated with the file (see
.BR inode (7)).
.PP
As well as flushing the file data,
.BR fsync ()
also flushes the metadata information associated with the file (see
.PP
Calling
.BR fsync ()