Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Jun 2001 15:12:26 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: rename problem on vfat file systems |
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On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, abc abc wrote:
> If I reboot the machine just after the rename() call > is completed, when the machine comes up the file > /mnt/sns-c/segments/segfile has zero bytes and there > is no file in the tmp directory. Effectively the file > is lost some where. Running fsck recovers the file, > but it doesn't help me much because I would be copying > hundreds of files and its difficult to match the > files. > > Can you think of any thing that might be causing this.
Crappy filesystem layout. If you want to do something a-la journalling for VFAT - seek professional help.
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