GNU bug report logs - #19681
[PATCH] sync: use syncfs(2) if any argument is specified

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivan <at> redhat.com>

Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 03:06:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 19681 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>, 
 Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivan <at> redhat.com>
Cc: 19681 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19681: [PATCH] sync: use syncfs(2) if any argument is
 specified
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 07:38:43 -0800

If we're adding this sort of option, shouldn't we also give users the ability to 
invoke fsync and fdatasync on a single file, as opposed to syncfs on an entire 
file system?
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