On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 04:34:04PM -0500, user wrote:
Sometimes you delete a large batch of files, or you do some other serious
FS operations and the output of `df` does not tell you immediately of the
new disk space, etc.
If you run something like: sync
Or even: sync ; sync
user,
Sometimes you delete a large batch of files, or you do some other serious
FS operations and the output of `df` does not tell you immediately of the
new disk space, etc.
If you run something like: sync
Or even: sync ; sync
it still doesn't show up. You either have to wait for a while, or you
user [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Sometimes you delete a large batch of files, or you do some other serious
FS operations and the output of `df` does not tell you immediately of the
new disk space, etc.
If you run something like: sync
Or even: sync ; sync
it still doesn't show up. You
On 8 Nov 2005, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
So my question is, well first off, why does this happen this way ? But
mostly what I want to know is, is there a more graceful way to tell
FreeBSD sync for real this time, not just for joke only ?
Basically, is there a nicer way to get what I
On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, David Kirchner wrote:
On 11/8/05, user [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No, I'm not asking why do I need to sync ... I understand why I need to
wait, or issue a sync command. No problems there.
What I am asking is, why is one issuance of `sync` not enough ? Why is
two
On 11/8/05, user [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No, I'm not asking why do I need to sync ... I understand why I need to
wait, or issue a sync command. No problems there.
What I am asking is, why is one issuance of `sync` not enough ? Why is
two not enough ? Why do I need to issue 6 or 8 of them
