Re: Can O_SYNC be implemented by using fsync?

From: Jeff V. Merkey (jmerkey@timpanogas.com)
Date: Mon May 15 2000 - 16:11:21 EST


Chris Wedgwood wrote:
>
> Why the hell is Netscape doing this? Netscape is a browser/mail
> program, not a multi-user database, or are you refering to the
> server side of NetScape? This doesn't sound right! Why would
> Netscape need to write-through files all the time -- for browser
> failover?
>
> Netscape uses .db files doesn't it? Perhaps this behavior is required
> to ensure integrity there?

Yes, but how often would it do this, once per day?

Jeff

>
> --cw

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