Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-08 Thread Dave Ihnat
On Wed, Nov 07, 2018 at 08:08:41PM -0500, Fulko Hew wrote: > old brain remembers ... sync; sync; sync; Yep, that was the mantra. > Supposedly, > #1 for the data blocks, > #2 to ensure the updated inodes got written, > #3 to ensure that superblock updates got written (if necessary). Well, that

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-08 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2018-11-07 at 18:53 -0500, Tim Evans wrote: > On 11/7/18 5:52 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > > > > On 11/07/2018 01:52 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > > > > > This is the dismount part of my script: > > > > > > sync; sync > > > umount $StickTarget > > > > > > > > > >

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-07 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 12:20:02AM +, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 11/7/18 4:06 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > > On 11/07/2018 03:04 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > >> On 11/8/18 6:52 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > >>> > >>> On 11/07/2018 01:52 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > This is the

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-07 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 11/7/18 4:33 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 11/7/18 4:24 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 11/7/18 3:58 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 11/5/18 9:03 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: I am starting to use flash drive s with no led activity indicator. In my scripts that write to them, I am able to

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-07 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/07/2018 06:12 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 11/07/2018 05:08 PM, Fulko Hew wrote: On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 8:03 PM Paul Allen Newell mailto:pnewell0...@gmail.com>> wrote: On 11/07/2018 03:04 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 11/8/18 6:52 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: >>

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-07 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 11/07/2018 04:20 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 11/7/18 4:06 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 11/07/2018 03:04 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 11/8/18 6:52 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 11/07/2018 01:52 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: This is the dismount part of my script:   sync; sync

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-07 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 11/07/2018 05:08 PM, Fulko Hew wrote: On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 8:03 PM Paul Allen Newell mailto:pnewell0...@gmail.com>> wrote: On 11/07/2018 03:04 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 11/8/18 6:52 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: >> >> On 11/07/2018 01:52 PM, ToddAndMargo via users

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-07 Thread Fulko Hew
On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 8:03 PM Paul Allen Newell wrote: > > > On 11/07/2018 03:04 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > > On 11/8/18 6:52 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > >> > >> On 11/07/2018 01:52 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > >>> > >>> This is the dismount part of my script: > >>> > >>> sync;

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-07 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 11/7/18 4:24 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 11/7/18 3:58 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 11/5/18 9:03 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: I am starting to use flash drive s with no led activity indicator. In my scripts that write to them, I am able to umount then watch the blinking lights to

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-07 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 11/7/18 3:58 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 11/5/18 9:03 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: I am starting to use flash drive s with no led activity indicator. In my scripts that write to them, I am able to umount then watch the blinking lights to make sure it is done before removing them But with

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-07 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 11/7/18 2:52 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 11/07/2018 01:52 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: This is the dismount part of my script: sync; sync umount $StickTarget Calling sync twice? Bad habits die hard ___ users mailing

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-07 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 11/5/18 9:03 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, I am starting to use flash drive s with no led activity indicator. In my scripts that write to them, I am able to umount then watch the blinking lights to make sure it is done before removing them But with no led indicator, how can I

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-07 Thread Rick Stevens
On 11/7/18 4:06 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > > > On 11/07/2018 03:04 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 11/8/18 6:52 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: >>> >>> On 11/07/2018 01:52 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: This is the dismount part of my script:   sync; sync  

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-07 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 11/07/2018 03:04 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 11/8/18 6:52 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 11/07/2018 01:52 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: This is the dismount part of my script: sync; sync umount $StickTarget Calling sync twice? Must be an "old" person.  It was common

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-07 Thread Richard England
On 11/7/18 3:04 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 11/8/18 6:52 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 11/07/2018 01:52 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: This is the dismount part of my script: sync; sync umount $StickTarget Calling sync twice? Must be an "old" person.  It was common

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-07 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 11/5/18 9:03 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: I am starting to use flash drive s with no led activity indicator. In my scripts that write to them, I am able to umount then watch the blinking lights to make sure it is done before removing them But with no led indicator, how can I test from

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-07 Thread Tim Evans
On 11/7/18 5:52 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 11/07/2018 01:52 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: This is the dismount part of my script: sync; sync umount $StickTarget Calling sync twice? Dates back at least (in my memory) to VAX 11/750, BSD 4.2 days. -- Tim Evans

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-07 Thread Ed Greshko
On 11/8/18 6:52 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > > > On 11/07/2018 01:52 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: >> >> >> This is the dismount part of my script: >> >> sync; sync >> umount $StickTarget >> >> > > Calling sync twice? Must be an "old" person.  It was common practice back in the

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-07 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 11/07/2018 01:52 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: This is the dismount part of my script: sync; sync umount $StickTarget Calling sync twice? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-07 Thread Rick Stevens
On 11/7/18 1:52 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > On 11/5/18 10:03 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: >> ToddAndMargo: >> >> I am struggling with this one as well. To the best of my googling, it >> seems that the "sync" command needs to be done before clicking "safely >> remove" (or whatever).

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-07 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 11/5/18 10:03 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: ToddAndMargo: I am struggling with this one as well. To the best of my googling, it seems that the "sync" command needs to be done before clicking "safely remove" (or whatever). Documentation also says that "sudo umount " should do it, but I have

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-06 Thread Rick Stevens
On 11/6/18 2:02 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > > > On 11/06/2018 01:05 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: >> On 11/6/18 12:40 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: >>> >>> On 11/06/2018 11:46 AM, George Avrunin wrote: On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 11:07:22 -0800, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > Not certain

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-06 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 11/06/2018 01:05 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 11/6/18 12:40 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 11/06/2018 11:46 AM, George Avrunin wrote: On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 11:07:22 -0800, Paul Allen Newell wrote: Not certain why these options are more readily visible. I probably should have dug deeper

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-06 Thread Rick Stevens
On 11/6/18 12:40 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > > > On 11/06/2018 11:46 AM, George Avrunin wrote: >> On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 11:07:22 -0800, Paul Allen Newell >> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Not certain why these options are more readily visible. I probably >>> should have dug deeper but after a bunch of

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-06 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 11/06/2018 11:46 AM, George Avrunin wrote: On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 11:07:22 -0800, Paul Allen Newell wrote: Not certain why these options are more readily visible. I probably should have dug deeper but after a bunch of online docs showing no options I just figured there weren't any. Paul

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-06 Thread Rick Stevens
On 11/6/18 11:46 AM, George Avrunin wrote: > On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 11:07:22 -0800, Paul Allen Newell > wrote: > >> Rick: >> >> Thanks for reply. I went through a bunch on man pages that do not list >> the -f option. After getting your email, I went looking for a bunch more >> and finally found

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-06 Thread George Avrunin
On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 11:07:22 -0800, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > Rick: > > Thanks for reply. I went through a bunch on man pages that do not list > the -f option. After getting your email, I went looking for a bunch more > and finally found one that had the -f and -d option. > > I note that

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-06 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 11/06/2018 09:56 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 11/5/18 10:03 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: ToddAndMargo: I am struggling with this one as well. To the best of my googling, it seems that the "sync" command needs to be done before clicking "safely remove" (or whatever). Documentation also says

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-06 Thread Rick Stevens
On 11/5/18 10:03 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > ToddAndMargo: > > I am struggling with this one as well. To the best of my googling, it > seems that the "sync" command needs to be done before clicking "safely > remove" (or whatever). Documentation also says that "sudo umount > " should do it, but

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-06 Thread Rick Stevens
On 11/5/18 10:03 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > ToddAndMargo: > > I am struggling with this one as well. To the best of my googling, it > seems that the "sync" command needs to be done before clicking "safely > remove" (or whatever). Documentation also says that "sudo umount > " should do it, but

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-05 Thread Paul Allen Newell
ToddAndMargo: I am struggling with this one as well. To the best of my googling, it seems that the "sync" command needs to be done before clicking "safely remove" (or whatever). Documentation also says that "sudo umount " should do it, but I have experienced at least one instance where it

Re: Sticks with not lights

2018-11-05 Thread Joerg Lechner via users
. Kind regards -Ursprüngliche Mitteilung- Von: ToddAndMargo via users An: Community support for Fedora users Cc: ToddAndMargo Verschickt: Di, 6. Nov. 2018 6:04 Betreff: Sticks with not lights Hi All, I am starting to use flash drive s with no led activity indicator. In my scripts

Sticks with not lights

2018-11-05 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, I am starting to use flash drive s with no led activity indicator. In my scripts that write to them, I am able to umount then watch the blinking lights to make sure it is done before removing them But with no led indicator, how can I test from my script to make sure it is done writing?