--- On Mon, 11/30/09, Bruce Cran <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> This is actually the way UFS/FFS works too: when my system
> was crashing
> fairly regularly I was a bit surprised to find empty files
> after
> editing them.
>
> Also, I just verified that saving a file, rebooting,
> editing it again
> (with ee(1)) and powering off the system does still result
> in a zero
> length file being on disk.
>
Ok, good to know.
I saw UFS corruption once with frequent restarts, but assumed that was because
the "delayed filesystem checking" never had a chance to run.
Since I don't have a UPS I guess backups are doubly important.
-james.
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