Finalizing a slice

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About this task

You can finalize a slice.

Procedure

  1. The slicename is hashed to determine bin file and bin number.
  2. The bin location is retrieved from in-memory pointers.
  3. The bin header is updated in place on disk to reflect that old revisions of the slice data have been finalized.
  4. Old revision entries for the slice data are removed from the Catalog.