Re: Sticks with not lights

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On 11/07/2018 05:08 PM, Fulko Hew wrote:


On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 8:03 PM Paul Allen Newell <pnewell0705@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


On 11/07/2018 03:04 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 11/8/18 6:52 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
>>
>> On 11/07/2018 01:52 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
>>>
>>> This is the dismount part of my script:
>>>
>>>       sync; sync
>>>       umount $StickTarget
>>>
>>>
>> Calling sync twice?
> Must be an "old" person.  It was common practice back in the early 1980's to call sync
> twice before shutdown on Solaris.
> Don't ask me why.  I was just "done that way".
>

Okay. I remember enough "don't ask, just do it this way" techniques from
old days that I am certainly prepared to buy this one


old brain remembers ... sync; sync; sync;

Supposedly,
#1 for the data blocks,
#2 to ensure the updated inodes got written,
#3 to ensure that superblock updates got written (if necessary).

Does this turn into "I'll see your three syncs and raise you a fourth"?

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