Hector Martin escribi=F3:
> Nestor A. Marchesini wrote:
>> The synonymous one of sure extraction before dismounting is: =

>>
>> $ sync
>> $ umount /dev/xxxx
>
> I'm pretty sure the sync is redundant. umount runs sync itself and makes =

> sure everything is flushed to disk before completing.
>   =

I presume that umount executes sync before dismounting, but maybe sync is
useful if one does big movements of files and continues being employed =

the PC
with the mounted partition...the problem would come if just gives a cut of
electric power.
Executing sync after copying or move would avoid the loss of files.

Regards
N=E9stor A. Marchesini
Chajari-Entre Rios-Argentina


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