On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 11:29:47PM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote:
If I understand SUS v2 correctly, fsync() must sync meta data
corresponding to the file.
If Linux ext2 doesn't to that, it might be a good idea to change
that so it does.
Define 'meta-data' --- linux sync's any inode and/or bitmap changes,
fsyn on a file will ensure it is intact but not that it can't get
lost.
--cw
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