From 987505eb00f628b5885a678dc75c27028002daee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Todd C. Miller" Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 22:31:10 +0000 Subject: expound on async flag --- sbin/mount/mount.8 | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'sbin') diff --git a/sbin/mount/mount.8 b/sbin/mount/mount.8 index 003ad72a172..f2f5b73b55a 100644 --- a/sbin/mount/mount.8 +++ b/sbin/mount/mount.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: mount.8,v 1.14 1999/03/10 02:25:39 pjanzen Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: mount.8,v 1.15 1999/03/24 22:31:09 millert Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: mount.8,v 1.11 1995/07/12 06:23:21 cgd Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1989, 1991, 1993 @@ -121,9 +121,12 @@ All to the file system should be done asynchronously. This is a .Em dangerous -flag to set, -and should not be used unless you are prepared to recreate the file -system should your system crash. +flag to set since it does not guarantee to keep a consistent +file system structure on the disk. You should not use this flag +unless you are prepared to recreate the file system should your +system crash. The most common use of this flag is to speed up +.Xr restore 8 +where it can give a factor of two speed increase. .It force The same as .Fl f ; -- cgit v1.2.3