Autoflush USB thumb drive after copy

[Jing Su]

For performance Linux does not immediately commit writes.  It is
recommended to umount, or else call sync several times to ensure full
flush.



On 1/31/07, Byron Sonne <blsonne-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> I've got a USB thumb drive that I rarely use. Just started to again, but
> when I copy a file to it, unless I umount the node when I'm done, the
> file doesn't get committed. IMO, this is stupid - anyone know the
> reasoning behind this?
>
> This must be a very basic issue and I'm sure there's a quick fix for it.
> However, I haven't found a quick fix by poking around my system or STFW
> yet. I thought for sure this'd be something I could tweak with an
> /etc/sysconfig editor, but no go. sysctl -a didn't show anything that
> looked apropos either.
>
> If anyone could point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it.
>
> Cheers,
> B
>
>
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