Re: [PATCH] 2.4.19-rc1/2.5.25 provide dummy fsync() routine for directories on NFS mounts

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Tue Jul 09 2002 - 11:56:11 EST

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> > not adhere to this convention.
>
> Well, no. It's not supported. You can't get a valid file-descriptor...

Wrong (as usual)

> If an application insists, it is up to the application to determine,
> probably once upon startup, just what kind of file synchronization
> is supported.

Linux defines fsync for directories
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