On 11/07/2018 05:08 PM, Fulko Hew wrote:
On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 8:03 PM Paul Allen Newell <pnewell0...@gmail.com <mailto:pnewell0...@gmail.com>> wrote:On 11/07/2018 03:04 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 11/8/18 6:52 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: >> >> On 11/07/2018 01:52 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: >>> >>> This is the dismount part of my script: >>> >>> sync; sync >>> umount $StickTarget >>> >>> >> Calling sync twice? > Must be an "old" person. It was common practice back in the early 1980's to call sync > twice before shutdown on Solaris. > Don't ask me why. I was just "done that way". > Okay. I remember enough "don't ask, just do it this way" techniques from old days that I am certainly prepared to buy this one old brain remembers ... sync; sync; sync; Supposedly, #1 for the data blocks, #2 to ensure the updated inodes got written, #3 to ensure that superblock updates got written (if necessary).
Does this turn into "I'll see your three syncs and raise you a fourth"?
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