On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 04:39:01PM -0400, Greg Hudson wrote:
> > Which to me seems to be a more logical mode of operations: if you
> > want the file data sync'd to disk, call fsync on the file; if you
> > want the directory, fsync the directory.
>
> Perhaps. There are arguments for either model being simplest,
I didn't say simplest. It's a little more complicated to have to
remember to sync the directory as well as the file.
> and history should not be ignored when picking between the two.
Exactly the point that Linus has made about this (and many other issues)
before.
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