Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 17:08:44 -0500 (EST) From: user <user@dhp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how do I tell FreeBSD to sync, for real ? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0511081707340.8180-100000@shell.dhp.com> In-Reply-To: <4464r2dch1.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On 8 Nov 2005, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > So my question is, well first off, why does this happen this way ? But > > mostly what I want to know is, is there a more graceful way to tell > > FreeBSD "sync for real this time, not just for joke only ?" > > > > Basically, is there a nicer way to get what I want than: > > > > sync ; sync ; sync ; sync ; sync ; sync ; sync > > "sleep 30"? > > http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix99/full_papers/mckusick/mckusick.pdf No, I'm not asking "why do I need to sync" ... I understand why I need to wait, or issue a sync command. No problems there. What I am asking is, why is one issuance of `sync` not enough ? Why is two not enough ? Why do I need to issue 6 or 8 of them ?
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