Nigel Metheringham wrote: > On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 14:25 +0200, Daniel Tiefnig wrote: >> Does exim do sync() on its hint DBs? > > The underlying database engine (db/dbm/gdbm) would almost certainly > sync the files to ensure other processes are getting consistent data.
Hmm, I don't know much about that, but the other processes would also access the cached files in RAM, wouldn't they? So a sync wouldn't change anything in that respect. It just ensures the data is consistent after a crash. Kindly excuse me if I'm talking nonsense here. lg, daniel -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
