> Hmm. Recreated in 2.1.55, df sounds like sync... And looks like sync,
> too (on blinkenlights)... And guess what:
>
> And it is because df _calls_ sync!
[...]
> So "bug" is in df (or is sync required before df-ing?).
df from GNU fileutils 3.12 gives you the option of running
df --no-sync
which causes no disk activity here.
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