On 11/17/2014 11:28 AM, jd1008 issued this missive: > Man page says: > ... > > fdatasync > physically write output file data before finishing > > fsync likewise, but also write metadata > > > There is no explanation about this, as dd is supposed to be agnostic > about the type of the data. > > If a disk is being dd'ed out to a file and the disk is mounted, > (which is a BAAAAD thing to do), then even there, dd is agnostic > about FS data and FS metadata. > > So, what data and metadata is the manpage talking about? I believe it's referring to LVM or BIOS RAID metadata. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - A squeegee, by any other name, wouldn't sound as funny. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
