On Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 05:40:43AM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote:
> How portable is fsync()ing the directory?
It is as portable as assuming that the directory entries are synced during
fsync().
>
> How USEFUL is it to the application if all other boxen fsync() the
> directory entries along with the file?
Except, you can NOT guarantee that this is the case. The spec does NOT
require it.
> You want to sync the files, but the directory only after you created all
> of the files? Use fdatasync(2) for the files - it doesn't flush meta
> data, then sync the directory. It's POSIX, it's SUS v2.
Is fsync(dir) what you mean here?
mrc
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