Re: Ext2, fsync() and MTA's?

Oliver Xymoron (oxymoron@waste.org)
Tue, 22 May 2001 10:50:51 -0500 (CDT)


On Mon, 21 May 2001, Theodore Tso wrote:

> On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 06:47:58PM +0100, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
>
> > Just set chattr +S on the spool dir. That's what the flag is for.
> > The biggest problem with that is that it propagates to subdirectories
> > and files --- would a version of the flag which applied only to
> > directories be a help here?
>
> That's probably the right thing to add.

I'd vote for an async flag instead.

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