There may be programatic ways around the problem, but not from a "normal"
user's perspective.
bash: fcntl: command not found
and unmount is typically a process of dragging the icon to the trash in OSX
or telling Windows that you want to unplug the device.
However, I suspect we are getting way off topic here. ;)
DaR
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Guido
> Draheim
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 12:28 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [gforth] flush for sure SAVE-BUFFERS
>
>
> no O_SYNC available?
>
> fcntl (fileno(), F_SETFL, fcntl (fileno(), F_GETFL)|O_SYNC))
>
> Es schrieb Dennis Ruffer:
> From: John A. Peters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 12:15 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [gforth] flush for sure SAVE-BUFFERS by unmounting and
> remounting instantly
>
>
> So then can you unmount and remount all in one command. If
> so that should
> do it.
> JP
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis Ruffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 10:38 PM
> Subject: RE: [gforth] flush for sure SAVE-BUFFERS
>
>
> > From experience, using a flash dongle, I can tell you that
> under both OSX
> > and cygwin on Win2K, the files are not actually saved until
> you tell the
> OS
> > to unmount the drive. I've lost way too many files by
> pulling the dongle
> > too soon! ;)
> >
> > DaR
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Anton Ertl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 10:22 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [gforth] flush for sure SAVE-BUFFERS
> > >
> > >
> > > John Peters wrote:
> > > > I had that problem with F83s a few years ago. We
> decided to write a
> > > > Save-Buffers Forth word that closed the file and reopened
> > > it instantly to be
> > > > sure everything was written to disk.
> > >
> > > I don't think closing a file fsyncs it under Linux.
> > >
> > > - anton
> > >
>
>
>
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