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.TH "WRITE_INODE_NOW" "" "06 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
write_inode_now \- write an inode to disk
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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void write_inode_now  (struct inode * \fIinode\fB, int \fIsync\fB);
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIinode\fB\fR
inode to write to disk
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\fB\fIsync\fB\fR
whether the write should be synchronous or not
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is
dirty. This is primarily needed by knfsd.