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    SubjectRe: Linux 2.6.29
    Bojan Smojver wrote:
    > On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 09:30 +1100, Bojan Smojver wrote:
    >
    >> I have no idea why we don't have that either. FreeBSD code seems
    >> really straightforward.
    >>
    >
    > I just tried using dd with conv=fsync option and that kinda does what
    > you mentioned. I see this at the end of strace:
    > ---------------------------------
    > write(1, "<some data...>"..., 512) = 512
    > read(0, ""..., 512) = 0
    > fsync(1) = 0
    > close(0) = 0
    > close(1) = 0
    > ---------------------------------
    >
    > So, maybe GNU folks just don't want to have yet another tool for this.
    >

    Huh, didn't know dd had grown that. Confusingly similar to the
    completely different conv=sync, so its a perfect dd addition. Ooh,
    fdatasync too.

    J


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