On Sun, 10 Jul 2022, David Christensen wrote: > On 7/10/22 09:57, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: >> On Sun, 10 Jul 2022, David Christensen wrote: >>> On 7/10/22 05:55, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > >>>> Several decades ago I was taught to type sync and then type sync >>> again before unmounting a drive >>>> The only reason I ever got was that the second sync was a time delay > >>> Any potential gotchas? >> >> I was never brave enough to poke that bear :) > > > Have you ever experienced any problems or surprises with the technique?
No I spent a couple of decades baby sitting a room full of HP K200s and K380s Experimenting was not something done lightly, if you valued your job You stick with what works Typing sync twice was advised and I was not inclined to anger some unknown god Using sleep between operations is as you say experimental I wrote many scripts that ran as cron jobs at night I was not concerned with speed I've been retired for almost a decade and do not miss the sleepless nights
