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authorAlex Gorrod <alexg@wiredtiger.com>2015-05-20 07:17:33 +0000
committerAlex Gorrod <alexg@wiredtiger.com>2015-05-20 07:17:33 +0000
commitafc4a6147b1b6665c461f0cde341faa7dc651641 (patch)
tree6964d1000a82bd600435fe30eefb2f6b81c7e25b /src/docs/transactions.dox
parentd1debfed44b79dff7cd7fa33b44c531722946fa2 (diff)
downloadmongo-afc4a6147b1b6665c461f0cde341faa7dc651641.tar.gz
Extend support for dropping named snapshots.
Make it possible to drop all snapshots, and specifically named snapshots.
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diff --git a/src/docs/transactions.dox b/src/docs/transactions.dox
index b7614230830..bbbd2d52296 100644
--- a/src/docs/transactions.dox
+++ b/src/docs/transactions.dox
@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@ call that created the snapshot.
Named snapshots keep data pinned in cache as if a real transaction were
running for the time that the named transaction is active. The resources
-associated with named snapshots are released by calling
+associated with named snapshots should be released by calling
WT_SESSION::snapshot with a configuration that includes
-<code>"drop=(to=foo)"</code>. All snapshots older than and including the
-name passed to drop will be released and no longer available to read from.
+<code>"drop="</code>. See WT_SESSION::snapshot documentation for details of
+the semantics supported by the drop configuration.
Named snapshots are not durable: they do not survive WT_CONNECTION::close.
*/