n Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 12:16:28PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > Why issue a 'sync' instead of just unmounting and waiting until the > thing stops flashing?
sync blocks, so you can tell from the command line when the job is done. I guess this thread took a turn to USB drives, which would presumably be local, but the rsync operation might be on a remote system where the lights aren't visible. For that matter, umount also blocks... I often use sync before umount, but I suppose it's not really necessary. Ken -- Ken Irving, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
