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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: fsync() madness
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       2008-04-21 12:11:33
Message-ID: 200804211411.33753.coolo () kde ! org
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Am Montag 21 April 2008 schrieb Esben Mose Hansen:
> On Monday April 21 2008 11:06:07 Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote:
> > I prefer fsync() in a number of cases. The one time where I appreciate it
> > the most; is when copying files to a USB-device, because I know can
> > unplug the device as soon as KDE copy claims to be done.
>
> I'm pretty sure I saw the kernel devs had or would implement something to
> ensure USB-devices were aggresively flushed, which means you can take the
> stick whether using KDE or some other applications.

You may think about vfat file system, which does flush-on-close since Chris 
Mason implemented it somewhen 2006. So a ext3 file system on USB stick will
still be dangerous if not mounted sync (which the KDE mediamanager does by
default, btw).

Greetings, Stephan
 
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