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authorTim Kientzle <kientzle@gmail.com>2010-05-01 23:51:22 -0400
committerTim Kientzle <kientzle@gmail.com>2010-05-01 23:51:22 -0400
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Clarify the explanation of archive_write_finish_entry.
SVN-Revision: 2353
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@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ is called automatically by
and
.Fn archive_write_close
as needed.
+However, some file attributes are written to disk only
+after the file is closed, so this can be necessary
+if you need to work with the file on disk right away.
.It Fn archive_write_close
Set any attributes that could not be set during the initial restore.
For example, directory timestamps are not restored initially because