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To: Chris Mason <mason@suse.com>
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Subject: Re: [reiserfs-list] NFS insanity
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From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
Date: 21 Jun 2001 16:58:52 +0200
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>>>>> " " == Chris Mason <mason@suse.com> writes:

     > Sounds like some of the problems fixed in 2.4.5 and 2.4.6pre
     > kernels, where NFS data didn't get flushed right away, but I
     > thought that only involved mmap'd files.

Ordinary 'cp' should work fine: it uses 'read' and 'write' - not mmap.

Cheers,
  Trond