On 11/7/18 1:52 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > On 11/5/18 10:03 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: >> ToddAndMargo: >> >> I am struggling with this one as well. To the best of my googling, it >> seems that the "sync" command needs to be done before clicking "safely >> remove" (or whatever). Documentation also says that "sudo umount >> <stick>" should do it, but I have experienced at least one instance >> where it didn't seem like it worked ... not certain what happened. >> >> I am still testing but I "think" I am seeing that doing a "safely >> remove" and then a sync before physically removing gives best result >> (as in no pop-up warning). Do not understand why this is. >> >> Not happy that the led light is vanishing on newer sticks ... >> >> The "sync" command does not appear to be all that nice to the stick >> and there doesn't appear to be any way to isolate the "sync" to the >> stick. >> >> I would hope that someone on this user-list who is more knowledgeable >> will correct me with a better way. >> >> Best, >> Paul >> >> On 11/05/2018 09:03 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I am starting to use flash drive s with no led activity indicator. >>> In my scripts that write to them, I am able to umount then watch >>> the blinking lights to make sure it is done before removing them >>> >>> But with no led indicator, how can I test from my script to >>> make sure it is done writing? > > > This is the dismount part of my script: > > sync; sync > umount $StickTarget You could do sync -f $StickTarget;sync -f $StickTarget umount $StickTarget to only sync the USB stick. I'm not sure your really need the second sync. IIRC you need to "sync;sync" before shutdown in case there's something being written to a system directory behind the scenes. In your situation with a specific stick, I don't think that's the case. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
