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SubjectRe: XFS: how to NOT null files on fsck?
On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 05:56:11PM +0000, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> No it won't, since if you're using file descriptors there *is* no C
> library buffer. fclose() will, though, and then call close().

Data sits in the page-cache though, and if you loose power before
that's flushed you will loose data. This is why fsync is needed to be
sure.


--cw
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