On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 9:30 AM Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> Perhaps a "sync on close" keyword argument to open? At least then it is
> always available and easily discoverable.
+1 (though this is really just bikeshedding)
> > 3. There are many ways to do this, and I think several of them could
> > be subtly incorrect.
>
> Can you elaborate?
>
> I mean, the obvious way is:
>
> try:
> with open(..., 'w') as f:
> f.write("stuff")
> finally:
> os.sync()
>
> so maybe all we really need is a "sync file" context manager.
>
Does that sync the entire file system or just that one file? If
there's a way to sync just one file, that would be potentially a LOT
more efficient.
ChrisA
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