Re: [9fans] 9p and how can I know when a write is finished

[rog@vitanuova.com]

> I can't think of a single good thing about using Tclunk to drive the ctl
> state machine.

i can.  it's the simplest way of doing things, works smoothly with
existing stuff (e.g.  echo blah > ctl), and would be just fine if the
control request is never likely to fail, and performance isn't an
issue.

i've used russ's method of "zero-length write if you care about the
result" before, and that works well, but i have to say i usually just
ended up using cat or cp (i.e.  ignoring errors).

for another way, look at the way cdfs(4) lets you fixate disks.  it's
a little odd, but it works.