Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 17:11:52 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
Cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: `_flush_disk_cache'
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On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, Charles Sandmann wrote:

> The sync you sent works fine on NT 3.51 - so I guess disk reset is supported,
> but I didn't hear much I/O afterwards...

Try to copy a large file (few megabytes; I use emacs.exe) and look at the 
disk LED.  Then do the same but invoke `sync' immediately after (like in 
"cp emacs.exe xyzzy;sync").  Then compare the way the LED flashes.  I see 
a definite difference on both MSDOS and Windows 95: there is no disk 
activity after `sync' exits.