Greg Stark wrote:
>Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com> writes:
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>>That means
>> open();
>> write();
>> sync();
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>>could succeed, but the data is not stored on disk, correct?
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>That would be true on any filesystem. Unless you throw an fsync() call in.
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The checkpoint code uses sync() right now. Actually sync();sleep(2);sync().
Win32 has no sync() call, therefore it will use fsyncs. Perhaps
platforms with deferred errors on close must use fsync, too. Hopefully
parallel fsyncs - sequential fsyncs could be slow due to more seeking.
-- Manfred