On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 11:00:04PM +0530, Vipul Mathur wrote: > > > One must do a 'sync' and 'umount /mnt/xdrive' before removing > the USB device or data corruption may occur! > ---end quoted text---
AFAIK, the umount process would do a sync before closure so that all pending processes for that device are complete ... No need to do a "sync" unless you want to flush all buffers for some other purpose."umount" itself is adequate for any mounted device. There is nothing extra for an USB mount. Just my 2p. Bish -- : ####[ GNU/Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]####################### Sub : man pages during programming with emacs LOST #307 Adding the following to your .emacs file and hitting F1 when the cursor is over a particular library call will bring up the man page for that library: (global-set-key [(f1)] (lambda () (interactive) (manual-entry current-word)))) ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>################################## : ------------------------------------------------------- In remembrance www.osdn.com/911/ _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
