Re: different behaviour between XFS and ext3

[Simon Matter <simon.matter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Blair Barnett schrieb:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a simple shell script that writes numbers to a file and every 10
> numbers does a sync and after 40 does a reboot. I've attached the script
> to this email.
> 
> If the file is written to an EXT3 filesystem, then file contains the
> numbers 1-40. However, if the file is written to an XFS 1.1,1.2, or 1.3
> filesystem, then file contains the numbers 1-10.

What kind of Linux distribution and kernel are you using?

Simon

> 
> Can someone tell me if this is a feature of XFS or a bug?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Blair
> 
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>               Name: sync.sh
>    sync.sh    Type: Bourne Shell Program (application/x-sh)
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