Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:59:56 -0700 | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | Subject | Re: XFS: how to NOT null files on fsck? |
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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.
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