Function

GLib-2.0 ▶ GLib ▶ fsyncSince 2.64

  • A wrapper for the POSIX fsync() function. On Windows, _commit() will be used. On macOS, fcntl(F_FULLFSYNC) will be used. The fsync() function is used to synchronize a file's in-core state with that of the disk.

    This wrapper will handle retrying on EINTR.

    See the C library manual for more details about fsync().

    Parameters

    • fd: number

      a file descriptor

    Returns number

    0 on success, or -1 if an error occurred. The return value can be used exactly like the return value from fsync().

    2.64