On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:20:06 +0930 Tim via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2021-08-25 at 21:21 -0700, 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. > > Just to be very clear: > > Have you issued a string of commands, so that you expect all the copy > commands to be executed in series before the unmount command is > issued? Write-caching can be a problem, though the system shouldn't be > unmounting before the cache is flushed. > > Or have you issued the copy and unmount commands, and hope that the > actual copying will hold the unmounting at bay until finished? > Parallel commands can be a problem, if you expect them to be issued in > one order, but they don't quite get queued up in the way you expect. > > > > This sounds rather similar to the problem I've seen with with USB > flashdrives, and SD cards, where I've seen the message pop up on the > screen telling me it's okay to unplug the drive, but clearly the data > transfers actually haven't yet finished. In my case, that would be > some time after dragging and dropping files onto the destination, then > waiting what seemed a reasonable amount of time before I right-clicked > to eject or unmount the device copy ... copy ...umount _______________________________________________ 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
