Re: 2.0.31-pre9: "noise after df"

Ben Clifford (benc@dass.Prestel.Co.UK)
Thu, 18 Sep 1997 10:49:04 +0000 (GMT)


On Mon, 15 Sep 1997, Pavel Machek wrote:

> Hmm. Recreated in 2.1.55, df sounds like sync... And looks like sync,
> too (on blinkenlights)... And guess what:
>
> And it is because df _calls_ sync!
[...]
> So "bug" is in df (or is sync required before df-ing?).

df from GNU fileutils 3.12 gives you the option of running

df --no-sync

which causes no disk activity here.

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