On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 06:54:10PM +0000, MichaelM wrote:
> I do a bit of OpenGL development on my system for my uni assignments. Of
> course, it does mean that my system will crash every now and then.
> The thing is, on two seperate occasions I've lost all my work when my code
> was replace with binary NULLs.
> Is there a workaround to this such that it doesn't happen again? The FAQ
> mentions that the kernel writes out to disk every 30 seconds. Perhaps
> reducing this time may help?
>
> I'm using kernel 2.4.22-xfs (pulled from the CVS tree).
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
chattr -R +S important_srcdir
this is equivilent to mount -o sync, but confined to a specific
directory so you don't lose speed performance across the entire
filesystem.
you need current CVS for this to work.
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Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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