John Pote wrote: > Is there some way from my Python script to know when the data is actually on > the disk. BTW server OS is Linux. Presumably calling flush() and close() on > the output file will initiate the disk write, but do they wait for the > actual disk write or immediately return leaving the OS to do the write when > it sees fit?
All you can do in Python (or similar) is call flush & close and hope for the best :-) There are many factors outwith the control of the language e.g. * Library behaviour * OS behaviour * Hardware cache on the disk itself That said, I've only found it an issue when a computer is under heavy load. Hope this helps, Davy Mitchell http://www.latedecember.com/sites/personal/davy/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
