Once upon a time, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht <wolfgang.rupprecht@xxxxxxxxx> said: > Andrew Haley <aph@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > On 05/20/2012 10:57 PM, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote: > >> sync; sync; sync; > > > > It's been a few years since I saw that. :-) > > > > Andrew. > > Yea, done for old times sake. ;-) > > Never did know the story of the third sync. Always figured it was for > good luck. Actually, you were supposed to type that as three different commands (not on the same command line with just semicolons separating them). The idea was that the first sync was the only one that really mattered; the time it took you to type "sync<RETURN>" twice more was just how long you should wait after the first one for it to really complete. -- Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
