Re: XFS: how to NOT null files on fsck?

[H. Peter Anvin]

Followup to:  <20040711215446.GA21443@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
By author:    Helge Hafting <helgehaf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> > 
> No, it doesn't.
> 
> close() will flush the C library buffer.  That means the data
> moves from theose buffers to the pagacache. The program crashing
> after that will have no effect on the file.  It can still
> be lost if the _kernel_ crashes though.
> If you want the pagecache flushed to disk, use fsync (or sync)
> 

No it won't, since if you're using file descriptors there *is* no C
library buffer.  fclose() will, though, and then call close().

	-hpa
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