Re: fsync for only part of a file

Oh, by the way: do Linux or Solaris have any sort of call like this?

Perry

"Perry E. Metzger" <perry-X5Sd0iy3FnBWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> writes:
> wrstuden-DZEk9q7Sfju/3pe1ocb+swC/[email protected] writes:
> > The best name so far for the functionality is fsync2(2). Suggestions on a
> > better name are appreciated.
> 
> fsyncreg (for region).
> 
> I find naming calls "fooN" really really annoying.
> 
> If you wanted to be really weird about it, you could name it "syncf",
> by analogy to the flock/lockf dichotomy, but I think that would be
> nearly as bad as "fsync2".

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Perry E. Metzger		perry-X5Sd0iy3FnBWk0Htik3J/[email protected]

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