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Subject: ANNOUNCE: File::Sync - fsync() and sync()
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Date: 21 Feb 1997 18:26:47 GMT
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I have uploaded my File::Sync module to CPAN. Simply put, it
implements the POSIX.1b fsync() function, and the *nix sync()
function. The version is 0.04, but previous versions were not
released.
In more detail, the following functions are provided:
fsync FILEHANDLE
Calls the POSIX.1b fsync(2) function on the given file handle,
copying all parts of a file still in the OS's buffers to
disk.
fsync_fd FD
Internal function - calls fsync(2) given integer file
descriptor.
sync
Calls the *nix sync(2) function, to flush all filesystem
buffers to disk.
File::Sync also puts its fsync() subroutine in FileHandle and
IO::Handle, so $fh->fsync() will work if $fh is a FileHandle.
Since uploading the module, it's been pointed out to me that sync()
probably belongs in a Filesys::Sync module, and fsync() in IO::Handle.
I'll see what happens.
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