New -stdio_sync option "end", -as mkisofs default is now --stdio_sync "off"

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.\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
.\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
.TH XORRISOFS 1 "Version 1.3.7, Mar 04, 2014"
.TH XORRISOFS 1 "Version 1.3.7, Apr 07, 2014"
.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
.\"
.\" Some roff macros, for reference:
@ -338,11 +338,14 @@ Default is standard output (/dev/fd/1) which may also be set by disk_path "\-".
\fB\-output\fR disk_path
Alias of \-o.
.TP
\fB--stdio_sync\fR "on"|"off"|number
\fB--stdio_sync\fR "on"|"off"|"end"|number
Set the number of bytes after which to force output to disk
in order to keep the memory from being clogged with lots of
pending data for slow devices. Default "on" is the same as "16m".
Forced output can be disabled by "off".
pending data for slow devices. "on" is the same as "16m".
Forced output can be disabled by "off", or be delayed by "end" until all
data are produced. If a number is chosen, then it must be at least 64k.
.br
The default with xorriso mkisofs emulation is \-\-stdio_sync "off".
.br
xorriso uses an inner fifo buffer with default size 4 MiB. So forcing
the operating system i/o cache to disk does not necessarily block the
@ -1154,7 +1157,7 @@ outside the HFS+ partition.
.TP
\fB\-chrp-boot-part\fR
Mark the block range of the whole emerging ISO image as MBR partition of type
0x41. This is not compatible with any other feature that produces MBR
0x96. This is not compatible with any other feature that produces MBR
partition entries. It makes GPT unrecognizable.
.br
CHRP is used in conjunction with HFS. It is not yet tested whether HFS+
@ -1162,7 +1165,7 @@ filesystems produced with option \-hfsplus would boot on any CHRP capable machin
.TP
\fB\-prep-boot-part\fR disk_path
Copy a file from disk into the emerging ISO image and mark it by a MBR
partition entry of type 0x96. PReP boot firmware is supposed to read
partition entry of type 0x41. PReP boot firmware is supposed to read
the content of the partition as single ELF executable file.
This option is compatible with other MBR partitions and with GPT.
.TP