DMXSync(3) Library Functions Manual DMXSync(3)NAME
DMXSync - flush protocol requests between Xdmx and back-end X servers
SYNOPSIS
#include <X11/extensions/dmxext.h>
Bool DMXSync(Display *dpy);
DESCRIPTION
DMXSync() flushes all pending protocol requests between the Xdmx(1) server and each back-end X server. It is used by clients that talk
directly to back-end X servers to ensure that all pending Xdmx(1) requests have reached all back-end servers and have been processed by
those servers.
RETURN VALUE
DMXSync() returns True unless there is a protocol error.
SEE ALSO DMX(3), Xdmx(1)X Version 11 libdmx 1.1.2 DMXSync(3)
What is the point of this? Whenever I close my shell it appends to the history file without adding this. I have never seen it overwrite my history file.
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