Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:44:01 +0200 From: CeDeROM <cederom@tlen.pl> To: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: Daniel Feenberg <feenberg@nber.org>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: SU+J Lost files after a power failure Message-ID: <CAFYkXjnVPsbM5YGNZnARhsZFmrrLcmHuCohEWNnMReUrgvGyJg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2351E8C5-4FC0-4AE9-AC21-312DA46C0EE8@mac.com> References: <525A6831.5070402@gmail.com> <l3gc7e$c91$1@ger.gmane.org> <20131014133953.58f74659@gumby.homeunix.com> <525C1D1C.9050708@gmail.com> <CA%2BtpaK2Pr2po2cQ1yanQK9%2BwLp77SYqYHjxiXaU5FfXwHrkGow@mail.gmail.com> <CAFYkXjn-1wTJcQ4a_fyXCvwh9ukt3%2BdjM2qsMeaH1HhVJNvhiA@mail.gmail.com> <525C2554.7080203@pchotshots.com> <CAFYkXjm8y0Br31_pqRZc0sNFbqCNtKHhjeQuiLXkGT2zxSu0GA@mail.gmail.com> <525C2FBC.4080808@cran.org.uk> <alpine.LRH.2.03.1310141447520.16969@nber.org> <2351E8C5-4FC0-4AE9-AC21-312DA46C0EE8@mac.com>
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On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 11:04 PM, Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> wrote: > First, unless you call fsync() before close() and your OS and/or drive hardware isn't being deceptive when fsync() returns about whether the bits have made it to permanent storage, then you might be surprised at just how long the unwritten buffers containing the last updates to the file data take to get properly flushed to disk. Nice hint! Thank you! :-) -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info
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