Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:21:08 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Unga <unga888@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to sync a file on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20110722132108.da198648.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <1311317040.38368.YahooMailClassic@web160115.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1311317040.38368.YahooMailClassic@web160115.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
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On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:44:00 -0700 (PDT), Unga wrote: > How to sync a file on FreeBSD (esp. on 8.1) to disk? > > I used fsync(2), but does not immediately flush to disk. > > I want my writing to a file (a log file) immediately > available to other users to read. Maybe you can use system("/bin/sync"); or sync(); in your program? Check "man 8 sync": "force completion of pending disk writes (flush cache)" as well as "man 2 sync": "The sync() system call forces a write of dirty (modified) buffers in the block buffer cache out to disk." Is this "immediately" enough for your needs? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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