What does sync() _really_ do?

[Boyd Roberts]

In article <5258 at segue.segue.com> jim at segue.segue.com (Jim Balter) writes:
>Even if sync waited on dirty block writes, that would be a 1-deep "sync queue",
>not the fabled 2-deep queue.

There is no `sync queue'.

I'm so pleased to see that the demise of comp.unix.wizards has resulted
in comp.unix.misinformation being crossposted to comp.unix.*.


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