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From: matthew@sunpix.UUCP ( Sun Visualization Products)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How to flush output to disk?
Keywords: flush buffer disk
Message-ID: <1025@friar-taac.UUCP>
Date: 6 Dec 89 15:12:49 GMT
References: <606@caldwr.UUCP>
Reply-To: matthew@friar-taac.UUCP (Matthew Stier - Sun Visualization Products)
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In article <606@caldwr.UUCP> rfinch@caldwr.UUCP (Ralph Finch) writes:
>
>Is there any way to force the output to be flushed more often, say every 15-30 minutes?
>
>-- 
>Ralph Finch

The following, untested, script should do it. (I know using 'sync' is a little heavy 
handed, but it gets the job done.)

#! /bin/csh

while (1)
	sleep 900
	sync
end




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