Hi all, The attached patch adds a checkbox to the file operations dialog. When activated, the O_SYNC bit is set on open(2) calls when used for writing. This way, the kernel buffer-cache machinery doesn't take effect and you get ``real'' progress/eta/speed values. I use it when writing to low speed media (such as usb memory cards) in order to have MC display the real transfer speed and so not to sit back waiting minutes in front of a silent ``sync'' or ``umount''.
Dunno the audience that such a functionality may have, but I'm
submitting the patch anyway...
thanks,
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#!/usr/bin/perl
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+(split //,' .:-;!/>)|&IH%*#')[$k&15];for($i=$k=$r=0;$j=$r*$r-$i*$i
-2+$a/25,$i=2*$r*$i+$b/10,$j*$j+$i*$i<11&&$k++<111;$r=$j){}}}
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