RE: flushall

2004-06-01 Thread GARY VANSICKLE
> I'm trying to port some code that uses flushall() to cygwin. > The non-windows version of the code uses 'system("sync")' > but this fails the builtin tests. > > The code is hdf5-1.6.2, in case that helps. > Not sure what an "hdf5" is, but in general it is not possible to do sync-to-backing-sto

RE: flushall

2004-06-03 Thread GARY VANSICKLE
> >Not sure what an "hdf5" is, but in general it is not possible to do > >sync-to-backing-storage from an arbitrary account in Windows. Not > >even on > >removable media, which of course is where you often need it most. > >Microsoft's rationale behind this escapes me, but there it is. > >Furthermo