Re: sync() slowdown

From: Kenneth P. Turvey <kt-usenet@squeakydolphin.com>
Date: May 26, 2008, 16:06 UTC
Message-ID: <g1en6g$vuc$1@ger.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <20080526142607.GA3082@kali.thurne.chezwam.org>

On Mon, 26 May 2008 16:26:07 +0200, Sebastien Gross wrote:

> I do understand that syncing filesystem is usefull and needed.
> 
> But is there a good idea to add a --no-sync option to prevent that
> behaviour ?

Just a user here, but I would prefer it if it didn't sync at all. If I want to sync it, I will, or the operating system will handle it like it does with all other file accesses.

Just my 2 cents.

I was just editing my backup script the other day and part of the problem with it was that I was syncing too often. What I needed was a single sync when everything was done.

This was possible because I was just doing copies and tars. It should be possible with git too.

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