> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:53:06 +0100 (CET) > From: Oliver Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > O. Hartmann wrote: > > Maybe amd() dismounts to early ... Don't know. Maybe the magic > > 'sync;sync;sync' before dismounting will help, I'll try it. > > As far as I know, that's not different from calling "sync" > just once. It might make more sense to put a little sleep > between the sync calls, though.
The traditional mantra was sync sync sync and not sync;sync;sync. The reason was timing. By entering the sync command three times as fast as anyone could type, the sync could reliably complete. That mantra is about 25 years old, so its validity on modern hardware is questionable, but the need for a delay is very real. I would suggest something like: sync && sleep 5 -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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