From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 21 14:18:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA15396 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 14:18:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA15325 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 14:18:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA27528; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 14:17:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 14:17:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Joel Ray Holveck cc: joe@via.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mount -o sync question In-Reply-To: <199807212035.PAA01671@detlev.UUCP> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Joel Ray Holveck wrote: > Normally, FreeBSD writes file data to the disk asynchronously, but > metadata (stuff like directory entries) synchronously. 'mount -o > async' means to write everything async, and 'mount -o sync' means > write everything sync. > > We really need to either update the man page to show this or write an > FAQ entry. > > Happy hacking, > joelh Did someone say ``FAQ''? :-) I'll look into adding it in, although the manpage is a more appropriate place. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message