Improve fsync documentation by stating that -W _0_ turns of write

caching.
14 years ago · 58d746213d
parent 398f70ec07
commit 58d746213d
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--- a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
      <para>
        On <productname>Linux</>, IDE drives can be queried using
        <command>hdparm -I</command>; write caching is enabled if there is
-        a <literal>*</> next to <literal>Write cache</>.  <command>hdparm -W</>
+        a <literal>*</> next to <literal>Write cache</>.  <command>hdparm -W 0</>
        can be used to turn off write caching.  SCSI drives can be queried
        using <ulink url="http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sdparm.html"><application>sdparm</></ulink>.
        Use <command>sdparm --get=WCE</command> to check