sjb@dalek.UUCP (Seth J. Bradley) (11/11/88)
I would like to increase the "hardness" of my
file system by increasing the frequency of syncs.
Does anyone know how to do this?
Thanks in advance!
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Seth J. Bradley UUCP: uunet!{lll-winken|ubvax}!dalek!sjb
Internet: lll-winken.llnl.gov!dalek!sjbmdm@cocktrice.UUCP (Mike Mitchell) (11/16/88)
In article <408@dalek.UUCP> sjb@dalek.UUCP (Seth J. Bradley) writes: >I would like to increase the "hardness" of my >file system by increasing the frequency of syncs. >Does anyone know how to do this? >Thanks in advance! Edit your /etc/inittab to include the following line: u0:234:once:/etc/update > /dev/console 2&>1 Compile the following and place the resulting file in /etc/update: main() { while (1) { sync(); sleep(30); } } And you are all set... -- Mike Mitchell BELL: (505) 471-7639 2020 Calle Lorca #43 ARPA: mdm@cocktrice.UUCP Santa Fe, NM 87505 UUCP: ...!uunet!dmk3b1!cocktrice!mdm