FlushVol question

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From: Antineophilus
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1986 18:05

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IM says that FlushVol should be called after a file is closed to ensure
that the disk is sync'ed to the logical i/o state.  I can understand that
this would be true when the file was open for writing.  Is FlushVol also
recommended if the file was open for reading only?

If so, why?
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Subject: FlushVol question
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Date: Mon, 27-Oct-86 13:05:51 EST
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