Stephen C. Tweedie: > > Is fsync() on an open > > file guaranteed to take care of all a file's directory entries > > In ext3, yes. fsync syncs the inode and all metadata it depends on, > and that will always include directory information Good news. In this specific respect, ext3 and ffs (softupdates) have evolved towards each other, and one solution should take care of both. Wietse
