From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] 9p2k, fsync
From: "rob pike" <rob@plan9.bell-labs.com>
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Date: Thu,  8 Feb 2001 01:24:39 -0500
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> The issue is wether I, as a programmer, have a way of saying, ``please
> make sure that this file is committed to stable storage, and not in a
> RAM buffer somewhere.''  Currently, there is no solution to this
> problem.

This question has been answered. No, there is no solution.  Other
systems claim to have solutions but they are exaggerating. It's an
issue for file servers, not operating systems.

-rob