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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 14/03/14 21.35, Simon Hobson wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Sten Carlsen <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:stenc@s-carlsen.dk"><stenc@s-carlsen.dk></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I trust Linux a bit less though:
interactively, I've closed a file with vi, then
ran a program that appeared to miss the change.
Would vi(m) manage to exit without any synch
happening? (I've never noticed anything
equivalent with dhcpd lease file handling.)
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<pre wrap="">I have seen editors setting a modify time a bit into the future, resulting that some sync SW misses that update.
Not sure about VI though.
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That would only affect software that looked at the modification time to see if it's changed. Anything that reads the file would read the version that's in the disk cache - regardless of whether the program explicitly forces a file sync on it.</pre>
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Yes, I was thinking that it might be a two step thing - first look
at times to see if more effort is needed.<br>
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(I intended the remark to go to the poster only, but failed)<br>
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Best regards
Sten Carlsen
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"MALE BOVINE MANURE!!!"
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