just "sync" should work as it will sync the whole system, and generally the other filesystems have little or no data in them so sync fast. sync <file> syncs a file, and the data is not queued up on the file/device /dev/sdc1 (a tiny amount is, but that will sync fast) the data is queue on the filesystem that sits ontop /dev/sdc1. On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 7:37 PM Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 26Apr2020 20:00, Tom Horsley <horsley1953@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:50:57 -0700 > >ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > > >> Is there a better command to see if the flush > >> is finished? > > > >The umount should hang till the writes are done. That's the > >way it always works for me. > > Definitely. But so should the sync. Something's odd there. That said, I > have never done sync with a device name. ToddAndMargo: was your device > name correct? Syncing the wrong devie might well come back instantly. > > Cheers, > Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
