Hi,
On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Matthias Andree wrote:
> > Write a binary (/usr/bin/fsync) which opens a fd, fsync it, close it, be
> > done with it.
>
> Or steal one from FreeBSD (written by Paul Saab), fix the err() function
> and be done with it.
>
> .../usr.bin/fsync/fsync.{1,c}
>
> Interesting side note -- mind the O_RDONLY:
>
> for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
> if ((fd = open(argv[i], O_RDONLY)) < 0)
> err(1, "open %s", argv[i]);
>
> if (fsync(fd) != 0)
> err(1, "fsync %s", argv[1]);
> close(fd);
> }
Pretty much the thing I had in mind, except that the close return code is
disregarded here...
Regards,
Thunder
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