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

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