[Voyage-linux] help with sync scripts

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Robert,

 looking through voyage-sync: despite the word 'sync' appearing throughout,
 I think it isn't actually doing a file system sync, it is just copying
 the writeable layer (tmpfs/aufs) to the underlying layer e.g. flash drive.

 That may not sync for some time, or shutdown.

 How about doing this for an experiment:
remountrw
/etc/init.d/voyage-sync sync
sync
remountro


Rodney


Robert Rawlins wrote:
...
# apart from /var/tmp and /var/log, add extra directories to sync from tmpfs

VOYAGE_SYNC_DIRS="/etc/thinkblue"

And this appears to work well, any changes in this directory are committed
to the disk on reboot. However, trying to sync this directory manually like
follows:

remountrw
/etc/init.d/voyage-sync sync
remountro


The commands run just fine, however, if I then simulate a power loss by
pulling the plug and restarting the system then the changes are not there
when the system comes back to life.
...