Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 16:34:04 -0500 (EST) From: user <user@dhp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: how do I tell FreeBSD to sync, for real ? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0511081630280.8180-100000@shell.dhp.com>
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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 have to get silly with something like: sync ; sync ; sync ; sync ; sync ; sync ; sync (or unmount and remount the FS) ----- 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 want than: sync ; sync ; sync ; sync ; sync ; sync ; sync thx.
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