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From: ske@pkmab.se (Kristoffer Eriksson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: What does sync() _really_ do?
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Date: 18 Dec 90 23:49:37 GMT
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In article <5156@segue.segue.com> jim@segue.segue.com (Jim Balter) writes:
>While there may a such a sync queue in some kernel somewhere, there isn't one
>in any of the common kernels that have had triple syncs directed at them.

When I type "sync" once after some disk writing activity on my system,
there is a delay before I get the prompt back. If that delay is not caused
by sync() waiting for disk blocks to be written, then I wonder what it is
caused by. How do your systems act? Do they give you any delay?
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