msync

One of the following flags:
&#8216;MS_ASYNC&#8217;: return immediately (default).
&#8216;MS_SYNC&#8217;: perform synchronous writes.
&#8216;MS_INVALIDATE&#8217;: invalidate all cached data.
Per the man page, &#8216;MS_ASYNC&#8217; is not
permitted to be combined with the other flags.

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<code>msync</code> calls the underlying system call of
the same name. This writes modified whole pages
back to the filesystem and updates the file modification
time.

 utilities

R interface to POSIX mmap and Window's MapViewOfFile.

Jeffrey Ryan

mmap

Map Pages of Memory

msync function

<dl> <dt>x</dt>
<dd>An <code>mmap</code> object.</dd> <dt>flags</dt>
<dd>One of the following flags:
&#8216;MS_ASYNC&#8217;: return immediately (default).
&#8216;MS_SYNC&#8217;: perform synchronous writes.
&#8216;MS_INVALIDATE&#8217;: invalidate all cached data.
Per the man page, &#8216;MS_ASYNC&#8217; is not
permitted to be combined with the other flags.</dd></dl>

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Synchronize Memory With Physical Storage — msync

<dl>

 <dt>x</dt>
<dd>An <code>mmap</code> object.</dd>

 <dt>flags</dt>
<dd>One of the following flags:
&#8216;MS_ASYNC&#8217;: return immediately (default).
&#8216;MS_SYNC&#8217;: perform synchronous writes.
&#8216;MS_INVALIDATE&#8217;: invalidate all cached data.
Per the man page, &#8216;MS_ASYNC&#8217; is not
permitted to be combined with the other flags.</dd>

</dl>

msync: Synchronize Memory With Physical Storage

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