Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 16 Aug 1999 13:01:49 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: strange sync behaviour |
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On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Giuliano Pochini wrote:
> > Try this on an unloaded system: > > sync > find / -name something > sync > > ok, now all directories are cached and no buffers have to be written to > the disk. Type again: > > find / -name something > sync > > Why the sync command make my HDs to work for 2-3 seconds ? find > shouldn't write anything on the disk, so what has it to update ?? > > Bye. >
The `atime` of every file accessed is written to the disk! Look at "struct stat".
Cheers, Dick Johnson **** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED **** Penguin : Linux version 2.3.13 on an i686 machine (400.59 BogoMips). Warning : It's hard to remain at the trailing edge of technology.
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