Re: recommended programming practices for writing (was Linux 2.6.29)

[Leon Woestenberg]

Hello Adam,

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Adam Turk <bofh1234@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I have been reading the Linux 2.6.29 thread with interest.  I have written several (10 or so) C programs that write large amounts of data (between 1 and 2 GB file sizes are common).  A snippet of code looks like this:
>
> I learned C about 15 years ago and there was no mention of a fsync.  My C book doesn't mention fsync either.  Granted I have written only 25-30 applications in the last 15 years or so so I am not an expert C programmer.
>

Your question is really off-topic for the Linux Kernel mailing list,
but let me point you somewhere else:

There is (1) the C library and (2) the functions provided by your
operating system. Linux follows to some extend the POSIX functions for
(2).

A good read is the book "Linux Systems Programming" if you want to go
beyond what the C library offers, for starters.

Regards,
-- 
Leon
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