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SubjectRe: Journalling of Metadata in ext2fs?
Hi,

On Sun, 16 May 1999 09:54:38 +0000, Steve Bergman <steve@netplus.net> said:

> Is there a way (in 2.2.8) to turn on journalling or synchronous writing
> of metadata without turning on synchronous writing of the data.

"chattr +S <dirname>" for directory inodes only (or equivalently, "mount
-o sync").

> What are the pros/cons of doing this.

It is slower but gives predictable semantics on an unexpected reboot.
It doesn't avoid the need for fsck.

--Stephen


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