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Date:      Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:16:14 -0300 (BRT)
From:      "Mario Lobo" <mlobo@digiart.art.br>
To:        Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: buffers not syncing correctly during shutdown
Message-ID:  <26594.200.249.56.17.1255540574.squirrel@squirrel.sv4.hmnoc.net>
In-Reply-To: <86vdiix775.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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> "Mario Lobo" <mlobo@digiart.art.br> writes:
>> I must add that even windows has a "Safely Remove Hardware" before
>> unplugging the usb device.
>
> What it really means is "sync the filesystem and tell me if there are
> any open or locked files".  In most cases, you can yank the USB stick
> out without adverse consequences.
>
> DES
> --
> Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@des.no
>
That IS true ! but like you said, "most cases" <> "all cases". Once, on a
company I was doing work at, I clicked on "Safely Remove Hardware" and it
said "can´t do it. device busy", although there was (apparently) nothing
using any files from the stick. I yanked it out anyway. result: the 3
files I edited from the stick were gone :(. Since I don´t know when I am
gonna hit a case that doesn´t belong to "most", I always try to remember
to unmount (i.e. Safely Remove Hardware) the stick before unplugging it.

Mario




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