From owner-freebsd-current Tue Nov 10 12:48:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA12770 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 12:48:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from limbo.rtfm.net (limbo.rtfm.net [207.198.222.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA12763 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 12:48:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nathan@limbo.rtfm.net) Received: (from nathan@localhost) by limbo.rtfm.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) id PAA00988; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 15:43:29 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from nathan) Message-ID: <19981110154329.F892@rtfm.net> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 15:43:29 -0500 From: Nathan Dorfman To: Bruce Evans , sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: O_SYNC References: <199811100435.PAA03024@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199811100435.PAA03024@godzilla.zeta.org.au>; from Bruce Evans on Tue, Nov 10, 1998 at 03:35:16PM +1100 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Nov 10, 1998 at 03:35:16PM +1100, Bruce Evans wrote: > O_SYNC is apparently a non-BSD thing. > > POSIX.1b has optional features O_SYNC, O_DSYNC and O_RSYNC. O_SYNC syncs > everything related to writes; O_DSYNC syncs written data; O_RSYNC syncs > everything related to reads (mainly inode access times). It isn't in 4.4BSD-Encumbered. > Bruce -- ________________ ___________________________________________ / Nathan Dorfman \ / "`IE4 brings the web to UNIX'? *laughing* / nathan@rtfm.net \/ Isn't that similar to Ronald McDonald bringing / finger for PGP key \ religion to the pope?" -Jamie Bowden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message