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Diffstat (limited to 'runtime')
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/eval.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/options.txt | 3 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt index 9a86e13d95..7060cc4186 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt @@ -7915,6 +7915,12 @@ writefile({list}, {fname} [, {flags}]) appended to the file: > :call writefile(["foo"], "event.log", "a") :call writefile(["bar"], "event.log", "a") +< + When {flags} contains "S" fsync() call is not used, with "s" + it is used, 'fsync' option applies by default. No fsync() + means that writefile() will finish faster, but writes may be + left in OS buffers and not yet written to disk. Such changes + will disappear if system crashes before OS does writing. All NL characters are replaced with a NUL character. Inserting CR characters needs to be done before passing {list} diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt index 394e38f6e5..eedb7ce34d 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/options.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt @@ -2740,6 +2740,9 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. mode, so it may be undesirable in some situations. Be warned that turning this off increases the chances of data loss after a crash. + Currently applies only to writing the buffer with e.g. |:w| and + |writefile()|. + *'gdefault'* *'gd'* *'nogdefault'* *'nogd'* 'gdefault' 'gd' boolean (default off) global |