
[;1m  datasync(IoDevice)[0m

[;;4mSince[0m:
  OTP R14B

  Ensures that any buffers kept by the operating system (not by the
  Erlang runtime system) are written to disk. In many ways it
  resembles [;;4mfsync[0m but it does not update some of the metadata of
  the file, such as the access time. On some platforms this function
  has no effect.

  Applications that access databases or log files often write a tiny
  data fragment (for example, one line in a log file) and then call [;;4m[0m
  [;;4mfsync()[0m immediately to ensure that the written data is physically
  stored on the hard disk. Unfortunately, [;;4mfsync()[0m always initiates
  two write operations: one for the newly written data and another
  one to update the modification time stored in the [;;4minode[0m. If the
  modification time is not a part of the transaction concept, [;;4m[0m
  [;;4mfdatasync()[0m can be used to avoid unnecessary [;;4minode[0m disk write
  operations.

  Available only in some POSIX systems, this call results in a call
  to [;;4mfsync()[0m, or has no effect in systems not providing the [;;4m[0m
  [;;4mfdatasync()[0m syscall.
