Re: sleep(1) vs. sync(1) twice before umount(8)

[David Christensen]

On 7/10/22 09:57, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote:

On Sun, 10 Jul 2022, David Christensen wrote:

On 7/10/22 05:55, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote:

Several decades ago I was taught to type sync and then type sync

again before unmounting a drive

The only reason I ever got was that the second sync was a time delay

Any potential gotchas?

I was never brave enough to poke that bear :)

Have you ever experienced any problems or surprises with the technique?


David