> Can't say for a definite fact that it was reiserfs but I can say for a
> definite fact that something fishy happens sometimes.
>
> If I have a text file open, something.html comes to mind, If I edit it
> and save it in one rxvt and open it in another rxvt, my changes may not
> be there. If I save it *again* or exit the editing process, I will see
> the changes in the second term. No, I'm not accidently forgetting to
> save it, I know for a fact that I saved it and the first terminal shows
> the non-modified state with the changes and the second term shows the
> previous data.
>
> Somewhere something is stuck in cache and what's on disk isn't what's in
> cache and a second process for some reason gets what is on disk and not
> what is in cache.
>
> It happens infrequently but it -does- happen.
Does it happen with -o notail? Which editor?
-chris
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