Re: Preventing delayed USB writes

[pedxing <pedxing@gmail.com>]

On May 15, 7:40 pm, Daniel Palmer <dan...@cardboardbox.org.uk> wrote:
> pedxing wrote:
> > To be safe, I issue a sync command from a terminal and wait for it
> > (up to 15 minutes!) to complete before unmounting the drive.
>
> Running sync before umount isn't necessary because
> umount invokes  sync itself.

I do the sync so I can tell when the drive can be removed.  When I use
the
"safely remove" option from the konq media manager without sync-ing
first, the umount times out and gives the "cannot remove" message.
Once a sync completes, I know that a "safely remove" will work.

> Maybe you could create a cpmp3 script that works like cp but syncs
> between files??

I'm fine for myself the way things are, but I have to be able to show
my
wife what to do, and she's pretty well trained to use konq...

-Ped