> There is a HP_UX kernel flag 'o_sync_is_o_dsync' which will cause
> O_DSYNC to be treated as O_SYNC. It defaults to being off -- it
... other way around there, of course. Trying to clarify and
adding confusion instead. :-(
> is/was a backward compatibility "feature" since HP-UX 9.X (which is
> history now) had implemented O_SYNC as O_DSYNC.
Muttering,
Giles