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Re: Latest version of my init(8) package.
- To: mint@TERMINATOR.RS.ITD.UMICH.EDU
- Subject: Re: Latest version of my init(8) package.
- From: Hildo@consul.nl
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 12:18 +0100 (MET)
- In-reply-to: <6490.9308110659@EARTH.OX.AC.UK>
- References: <9308102059.AA04375@NYX.CS.DU.EDU> from "Stephen Henson" at Aug 10, 93 02:59:35 pm
> A suggested scheme..
>
> The global system update daemon opens the root directory of a drive and
> calls Fcntl with the control code for the syncing function. Drives which
> can't handle syncing will merely return EINVAL, this is correct isn't it?
> I'm not thinking straight this morning.
>
I agree with this, we should have has a Fcntl(sync) a long time ago.
However, I seem to recall an earlier proposal to do this, one
that even included patches for Y-disk. In what black hole did
those changes disappear?
Hildo