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List:       ast-developers
Subject:    Re: [ast-developers] syncfs() patch for sync(1)
From:       Lionel Cons <lionelcons1972 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2013-08-28 14:33:02
Message-ID: CAPJSo4VSODyAZ=Vmvgy350PreUu46EEbTjnbEeJnXO9D2n=N-g () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 13 August 2013 22:06, Lionel Cons <lionelcons1972@gmail.com> wrote:
> Glenn, are you going to put the syncfs() patch for sync(1) into the next alpha?
>
> We figured that this helps circumventing NFS problems with attribute
> caching in a directory, i.e. command exec {n}<$PWD/dirtobesynced; sync
> -S $n flushes changed file attributes to the server. This fixes a
> problem when write() to a file has not yet reached the server or the
> application has changed file attributes (atime).

Glenn?

Lionel
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