Theo de Raadt wrote: > How does sync() fix this? Please explain this. Look at the source > code. > > sync() is an asyncronous call requesting syncronization, and once > it has marked the blocks that should be pushed, it returns before > the work has been done.
Ah, indeed. > > 2. cp could do an fsync call. There was a thread about this a while ago? > > How does fsync fix this? What if it returns an error. What do you do next. > Should cp spin until fsync returns non-error, or what should it do. Exit with an error? Same as if it got EIO or ENOSPC from a write? Then the command chain will stop before the mv.
