Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 00:06:16 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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> From: Mark T <marktnospam AT shore DOT net>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 17:39:38 GMT
> 
> >> Either by copying it, or "echo > test".
> 
> > Both of these methods already close the file, so I don't think opening
> > and closing it again would help.
> 
> Hmm. They close the file, but they close it on the pc that I'm
> doing the copy or echo.  I want to create the file on one pc, then
> walk to the other one, and see the file there.  I wondered if
> opening and closing a bogus file on the _2nd_ pc would refresh
> the directory.

I doubt that: if the file's data is not on disk, it is in memory of
the PC which created the file.  So opening it from the other machine
should not make any difference.

However, I never tried to use a disk like you do, so my intuition
might be wrong.