Thomas Nau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > fflush(fp);
> > fsync(fileno(fp));
> > fclose(fp);
> >
> > and check errors.
> >
> >
> > (It's remarkable how often people get the above sequence wrong and only
> > do something like fsync(fileno(fp)); fclose(fp);
>
>
> Thanks for clarifying! Seems I really need to check the apps with truss or
> dtrace to see if they use that sequence. Allow me one more question: why
> is fflush() required prior to fsync()?
You cannot simply verify this with truss unless you trace libc::fflush() too.
You need to call fflush() before, in order to move the user space cache to the
kernel.
Jörg
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