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On Wednesday 02 January 2002 14:19, Kilobug wrote: > > 5. sync;sync;shutdown -r now > > Is there any particular reason for this double sync ? One isn't enough ? > (And is sync even needed with shutdown, all should be synced when > filesystems are unmounted or remounted read-only, am I wrong ? ) The double sync is tradition. SysV init scripts should sync things, but "sync;sync;reboot" or "sync;sync;halt" are not so nice in how they go down; so it's a case of being extra careful. I don't use linux all the time, and some of the other unices are less tolerant. (For example, on a sun box, I would prefer a double sync before I "<stop>-a".) -- timothy.covell@ashavan.org. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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