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Re: Files on XFS not safe?!

To: Paulo Sergio Lemes Queiroz <oluap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Files on XFS not safe?!
From: Xianglong Yuan <yuanx@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 10:47:41 -0500
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>-Paulo Sergio Lemes Queiroz [05 Dec 2001 13:15 -0200] wrote:
> 
> http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/faq.html#nulls

Thanks. Is this true for all the journaling FS, say ReiserFS,
JFS?

Xianglong Yuan

> 
> 
> Xianglong Yuan wrote:
> 
> > Hi, there,
> >
> > I've just transferred my old ext2 FS into XFS FS and did the
> > following test. What I got surprises me.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Xianglong Yuan
> 
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> Paulo Sergio Lemes Queiroz
> 
> Analista de Sistemas
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