On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 14:02 +0300, Sampo Savolainen wrote: > Quoting Patrick Shirkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > For example if I transfer 200mb to a usb disk the copy command takes > > about 30 seconds before it returns and the data takes about 5 minutes > > before it is actually finished being transferred and the device is > > unmountable. > > quick-hack(tm) > > (cp -a /xxx /usb_device && sync) & > > But remember sync flushes _everything_.
Slightly-slower-hack: add the 'sync' option to whatever script or config file is used to mount the device (/etc/fstab, udev rules, KDE service menu etc). That way all writes will be synchronised automatically. --ll
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