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Re: Files on XFS not safe?!

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Subject: Re: Files on XFS not safe?!
From: Andrew Klaassen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 10:09:18 -0500
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On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 10:00:43AM -0500,
Xianglong Yuan wrote:

> First, I modify a file with vim, save it, and go back to bash
> shell. Then, I hit the power button to crash the system
> instantly.  Now I restart the system and the XFS FS comes back
> gracefully.  However, when I try to open the just saved file,
> nothing is there, not the new modified content, not even the
> old content.  All the content in the file is wiped off by a
> stream of weird symbols.  Is the XFS FS supposed to behavior
> like that? It seems to me XFS is really not a safe FS to count
> on when system crashing. I presumed that I should have my old
> content back.  Did I asked too much here?  Thanks in advance.

http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/faq.html#nulls

Andrew Klaassen


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