On Jan 22, 2008 7:33 PM, Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 03:23:57PM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > My theory about flushing even makes a testable prediction: if you run > > umount(8) first and have no other removable media, then sync(1) should > > complete almost immediately. I don't think I've ever done this, unlike > > the two points above, but you're welcome to try it yourself and let us > > know if it works. :-) > > Ummmmm, so a device does not need to be mounted for a sync to work?
Chris, I think this is some kind of joke :) If there are no big buffers to flush then 'sync' should run very fast. N.- -- http://arhuaco.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
