working sync() code
GARY VANSICKLE
g.r.vansickle@worldnet.att.net
Sun Apr 11 05:11:00 GMT 2004
[snip]
>
> SUSv3 has this to say about sync():
>
> <quote>
> The sync() function shall cause all information in memory that updates
> file
> systems to be scheduled for writing out to all file systems.
>
> The writing, although scheduled, is not necessarily complete upon return
> from
> sync().
> </quote>
>
"scheduled for writing out"? Isn't that done at the time any
file/filesystem calls are made? Unless I'm missing something, that quote
translates to, "sync() does nothing".
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