Andre Oppermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 4 February 2000 at 20:27:41 +0100
> Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 10:43:37AM -0600,
> > David Dyer-Bennet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > True; but if you're modifying existing files, the directory data to
> > > locate it is already safely on disk; only the timestamp might be
> > > wrong. This isn't the qmail situation, but it's an important real
> > > situation, and suggests a reason why it makes sense to to separate
> > > file sync and directory sync. Maybe.
> >
> > Another situation is when dealing with several files in the same directory.
> > You need to fsync each file, but you only need to fsync the directory once.
>
> And how does this help you with qmail?
May not, much; but I was responding to a more general question about
how / whether there could be any benefit to separating file sync and
directory sync.
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