On Wed, 25 Aug 2021 21:26:19 -0700 Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 8/25/21 9:21 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > > I have a script that mounts an MP3 device, copies files and > > umounts. As I have counted on the umount to hang until the data > > transfer is complete. That has worked fine until recently. Now the > > umount finishes, leaving much of the data uncopied. > > You're saying that the copy command has finished and then it runs > umount? umount will certainly wait until the data is flushed. > What's missing on the destination? Is the filesystem corrupted? > > > Has some parameter been changed inadvertently? Or was I just lucky, > > and my luck has run out? If so, is there a way to test for the real > > end of transfer? > > You could add a "sync" after the copy and before the "umount". Just what I needed. Thanks. _______________________________________________ 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 Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
