I don't sync like Bob does, I just watch the io to estimate the copy time of whatever amount I am copying. On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 8:34 PM, Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 07May2018 20:23, Roger Heflin <rogerheflin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> the second is "vmstat 1" and watch the bi/bo columns as they show >> reads and writes to the disk subsystem, if it umounts when the writes >> stop that implies the sync may have returned before it actually did >> all its work. > > > Do you actually see this happen? Just asking. Because that would imply that > sync doesn't, actaully, do what it is supposed to do. > > Cheers, > Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
