Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:35:17 -0700 | From | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.29 |
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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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