Bug#292630: flushing the write-buffer when saving inhibit hd spin down
On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 10:56:26AM +0200, Bram Moolenaar wrote: Do you think a boolean option could be added for enabling per-user configuring of this behaviour? Vim 7 has the 'fsync' option. Wonderful! Do you plan to add it to vim 6.3 as well? If not, are you willing to accept a patch of mine which add that option to vim 6.3 as well? Many thanks. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- Computer Science PhD student @ Uny Bologna, Italy [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian.org,bononia.it} -%- http://www.bononia.it/zack/ If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. -!- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#292630: flushing the write-buffer when saving inhibit hd spin down
Stefano - On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 10:56:26AM +0200, Bram Moolenaar wrote: Do you think a boolean option could be added for enabling per-user configuring of this behaviour? Vim 7 has the 'fsync' option. Wonderful! Do you plan to add it to vim 6.3 as well? If not, are you willing to accept a patch of mine which add that option to vim 6.3 as well? Vim 6.3 is the stable version, I don't add new features to it. - Bram -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 268. You get up in the morning and go online before getting your coffee. /// Bram Moolenaar -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ ///Sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ Project leader for A-A-P -- http://www.A-A-P.org/// \\\ Buy LOTR 3 and help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF.nl/lotr.html /// -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#292630: flushing the write-buffer when saving inhibit hd spin down
tags 292630 + wontfix thanks On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 11:51:30AM +0200, Bram Moolenaar wrote: Wonderful! Do you plan to add it to vim 6.3 as well? Vim 6.3 is the stable version, I don't add new features to it. Ok, I'm thus tagging wontfix the bug on the debian BTS. It will be fixed in vim 7 :-) Many thanks. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- Computer Science PhD student @ Uny Bologna, Italy [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian.org,bononia.it} -%- http://www.bononia.it/zack/ If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. -!- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#292630: flushing the write-buffer when saving
Package: vim Version: 6.3-058+1 Every time, I save my file in vim (with ':w'), my harddrive is flushed: Jan 28 11:43:10 sybille kernel: vim(3283): dirtied inode 3702891 (vim.flush.swp) on hde1 Jan 28 11:43:55 sybille kernel: vim(3283): dirtied inode 10569207 (?) on hde1 Jan 28 11:43:55 sybille kernel: vim(3283): dirtied inode 10567874 (tmp) on hde1 Jan 28 11:43:55 sybille kernel: vim(3283): dirtied inode 10567874 (tmp) on hde1 Jan 28 11:43:55 sybille kernel: vim(3283): READ block 169082880 on hde1 Jan 28 11:43:55 sybille kernel: vim(3283): WRITE block 169168416 on hde1 Jan 28 11:43:55 sybille kernel: vim(3283): WRITE block 169083272 on hde1 Jan 28 11:43:55 sybille kernel: vim(3283): dirtied inode 10569207 (vim.flush) on hde1 Since I use 'laptop_mode', I want my harddrive to spin down, but saving with vim prevents this. In the changelog (/usr/share/doc/vim/html/version6.html) I have found the following entry: Patch 6.2.499 Problem:When writing a file and halting the system, the file might be lost when using a journalling file system. Solution: Use fsync() to flush the file data to disk after writing a file. (Radim Kolar) Files:src/fileio.c First I think this is not something vim has to bother about, but the bdflush-daemon. Second I use ext2, so since I use no journaling file system the fsync() command is not necessary. I have also searched for an option to turn the flushing off, but I have found only 'swapsync' for the swapfile, nothing for the normal file. Greetings Diether Knof P.S. Part of my vimrc: set swapsync= set updatecount=200 set updatetime=6000 set backupdir=~/.vim/tmp/ set directory=~/.vim/tmp/ set hidden set nobackup signature.asc Description: Digital signature
