Re: ext3-2.4-0.9.4

Ketil Froyn
2001-07-30T12:48:15Z

On Sun, 29 Jul 2001, Matthias Andree wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Jul 2001, Mike Touloumtzis wrote:
>
> > You are blurring the boundaries between "undocumented behavior" and
> > "OS-specific behavior". fsync() on a directory to sync metadata is a
> > defined (according to my copy of fsync(2)), Linux-specific behavior.
> > It is also very reasonable IMHO and in keeping with the traditional
> > Unix notion of directories as lists of files.

> > http://www.google.com/search?q=autoconf
> >
> > Writing portable Unix software has always meant some degree
> > of system-specific accomodation. It's a bummer but it's life;
> > otherwise Unix wouldn't evolve.
>
> How can autoconf figure if you need to fsync() the directory?

Simple! Grep the fsync(2) manpage ;)

Ketil the joker