Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Jul 2002 17:19:22 +0200 | From | Matthias Andree <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.4.19-rc1/2.5.25 provide dummy fsync() routine for directories on NFS mounts |
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On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 15:49, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: > > I would love to know what IS guaranteed. This fsync() question keeps > > cropping up, and as far as I know there is no authoritative statement > > Linus has explicitly stated what fsync on a directory does, during > several of the thousands of cycling repeated flamewars generated by MTA > authors
That requires explicitly porting applications to Linux and is unreasonable to expect from a usability point of view.
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