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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: The better (more suitable)Unix?? FreeBSD or Linux
Date: 24 Feb 1996 20:23:00 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) wrote:
] >] To summarize: every time you delete a file on FreeBSD, two separate
] >] synchronous metadata updates occur: one for the directory entry and one
] >] for the inode. The reason the updates are synchronous is to prevent
] >] irreparable metadata inconsistencies from occurring. It has absolutely
] >] nothing to do with POSIX semantics.
] >
] >Three. See above.
]
] One or two. See above.
You missed my two self-followups, where I corrected myself,
thanks to some protracted discussions with Matt Day, the local
"POSIX Police". 8-).
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.