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From: brinkema@fjc.GOV (John R. Brinkema)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Sync now, damnit!
Summary: Is there any way to force a real sync? (fsync)
Keywords: fsync, sync
Message-ID: <407@fjcp60.GOV>
Date: 12 May 91 02:22:45 GMT
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Organization: Federal Judicial Center, Washington, D.C.
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I know this question has been asked a billion times but ... is there any way
to force the equivalent of an fsync on UNIX V.3 (in particular ISC UNIX 2.2).
If yes, do I have to *open* the file in this mode (I'm thinking of the imple-
mentation of dir) or can I simply grab the fd and have my way?

Right now, I'm writing to a raw file partition, but this is definitly a
kludge.