Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 10:29:28 +1100
From: Ben <s3109345@iwaki.anu.edu.au>
X-Sender: s3109345@iwaki
Subject: Re: minix filesystem
In-Reply-To: <39e757bb_1@news.iglou.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10010141024270.3534-100000@iwaki>
References: <39e757bb_1@news.iglou.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.21.89
X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.21.89
X-Trace: 14 Oct 2000 10:29:31 +1000, 150.203.21.89
Organization: Australian National University
Lines: 25
Path: news.adfa.edu.au!clarion.carno.net.au!iwaki!s3109345
Xref: news.adfa.edu.au comp.os.minix:35908

Hi,
   I don't want to use fsck, because it takes too long. ANd
I don't want to run fsck or sync on a filesystem that is already 
clean. If linux crashes or there is power failure, then the filesystem
might be marked as unclean even if it is clean. I just need to check if
its clean, then mark it clean if it is clean, if its dirty then I will 
run fsck or sync.

cheers, Ben

On 13 Oct 2000 bmarcum@iglou.com wrote:

> On 2000-10-13 xlfhf6hrs5o.fsf@neuromancer.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de said:
>    >Hi,
>    >The problem I am having is that I need a way of checking
>    >to see if the buffer cache is clean(ie has been flushed).
>    >Then if the buffer cache is clean then I need to mark the
>    >filesystem as clean. I do not want to use fsck.
> "sync" should flush the buffers.  Why don't you want to use fsck?
> 
> Net-Tamer V 1.08X - Test Drive
> 
> 
> 

