On Wed 07 Nov 2007 21:34:50 NZDT +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote: > if you're really paranoid, then the command > > sync > > followed by manually umounting the device is a pretty indestructable > belt and braces approach.
The critical bit is the umount, the sync is included in the umount automatically. Same thing as "safely remove" though, without the eye-candy and without having to deal with permission issues. > You'll be able to tell the really ancient of > us by the number of times they issue the sync command (: Your distro should have advanced since then ;- Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
