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  1. Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!bogus.sura.net!darwin.sura.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!mcsun!sunic!seunet!norlin!nettis.norlin.se!basic
  3. From: basic@nettis.norlin.se (Daniel Brahneborg)
  4. Subject: why does 'df' sync?
  5. Organization: Dansoft AB
  6. Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:31:01 GMT
  7. Message-ID: <1993Jan26.013101.17495@nettis.norlin.se>
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  10. Hi *;
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  12. Can somebody /please/ tell me why 'df' always does a sync
  13. before displaying the numbers? If you have gcc running this
  14. could take a substantial amount of time.
  15.  
  16. Just curious,
  17.  
  18. /Basic
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