> > Are you saying that fsync() might not wait untill the IO completes? > > No, I said that sync() might not. Read the man pages. HPUX's man > page for sync(2) says > > sync() causes all information in memory that should be on disk to be > written out. > ... > The writing, although scheduled, is not necessarily complete upon > return from sync.
I'm just wondering why we do not use fsync() to flush data/index pages. -- Tatsuo Ishii ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
