On Mon 09 Sep 2024 at 11:52:19 (+0300), Anssi Saari wrote: > David Christensen <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> writes: > > > 2. sync(1) is unnecessary. > > Does it even do anything wrt device files? sync(2) says "sync() causes > all pending modifications to filesystem metadata and cached file data to > be written to the underlying filesystems."
I think you also need to read the other manpage, fsync(2). Cheers, David.