O_SYNC only on ext2?

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Wed, 01 Dec 1999 17:24:01 +0000


In fcntl.h (via another MandrakeSoft hacker):
> open/fcntl - O_SYNC is only implemented on blocks devices
> and on files located on an ext2 file system

Is this the case? I thought O_SYNC was independent of particular
filesystems.

Thanks,

Jeff

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