user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sometimes you delete a large batch of files, or you do some other serious > FS operations and the output of `df` does not tell you immediately of the > new disk space, etc. > > If you run something like: sync > > Or even: sync ; sync > > it still doesn't show up. You either have to wait for a while, or you > have to get silly with something like: > > sync ; sync ; sync ; sync ; sync ; sync ; sync > > (or unmount and remount the FS) > > ----- > > So my question is, well first off, why does this happen this way ? But > mostly what I want to know is, is there a more graceful way to tell > FreeBSD "sync for real this time, not just for joke only ?" > > Basically, is there a nicer way to get what I want than: > > sync ; sync ; sync ; sync ; sync ; sync ; sync
"sleep 30"? http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix99/full_papers/mckusick/mckusick.pdf _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
