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Subject: Re: Linux-only fdatasync() in 3c13bc
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Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi> writes:

> On Wed, May 07 2014, Kushal Kumaran <kushal.kumaran+notmuch@gmail.com> wr=
ote:
>
>> X=C4=ABc=C3=B2 <xico@atelo.org> writes:
>>
>>> Also, commit 3c13bc introduced a call to fdatasync() which is not
>>> available on FreeBSD, and probably not either on MacOS at least.
>>>
>>
>> fdatasync is POSIX:
>> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/fdatasync.html
>
> No wonder it is problematic, then >;)
>

I seem to recall Austin saying on IRC that this usage was guaranteed to
call fsync anyway. Comments Austin?

d