Re: OT: fsync semantics (was Re: Linux kernel ....)

[Andre Oppermann]

Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 10:43:37AM -0600,
>   David Dyer-Bennet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > True; but if you're modifying existing files, the directory data to
> > locate it is already safely on disk; only the timestamp might be
> > wrong.  This isn't the qmail situation, but it's an important real
> > situation, and suggests a reason why it makes sense to to separate
> > file sync and directory sync.  Maybe.
> 
> Another situation is when dealing with several files in the same directory.
> You need to fsync each file, but you only need to fsync the directory once.

And how does this help you with qmail?

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Andre