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Re: Quick fsync question

From: "Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct redhat com>
To: Ben Escoto <bescoto stanford edu>
Cc: ext3 users list <ext3-users redhat com>
Subject: Re: Quick fsync question
Date: 04 Feb 2003 10:24:15 +0000

Hi,

On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 02:32, Ben Escoto wrote:

> If I want to make sure a file has really been deleted do I have to:
> 
> 1. fsync the file
> 2. fsync the directory the file is in
> 3. both?

Under ext3, either 1 or 2 is enough.  Under ext2, you need 3.

Cheers,
 Stephen

References:
- Quick fsync question
  - From: Ben Escoto

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