From: sct@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Stephen Tweedie) Subject: Re: No sync in linux DOS file system ?? Date: 15 May 1993 22:01:17 GMT
On 14 May 93 02:40:19 GMT, dhliu@solar.csie.ntu.edu.tw (Der-Hua Liu) said:
> It would be more convenient for dosemu users if dos file system has sync().
> Umounting the dos file system doesn't help.
> Could the author of dos fs please add the sync() function ?
Sorry? The sync() kernel call has very little to do with the
filesystems; it operates at the block-device level. Sync() writes out
all dirty blocks from all block devices, regardless of what those
devices are being used for. It will certainly work on mounted msdos
partitions, and also for dos partitions accessed directly by dosemu.
Cheers,
Stephen Tweedie.