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Re: Buffering of short-lived writes (was: is there a way to use a work buffer in Linux bash? ...)



On Sat, Dec 27, 2025 at 02:04:38PM +0100, Nicolas George wrote:

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> I would suggest: generate a random sequence of octets, *do not write it
> to disk*, scan the whole block device to check it is not there. Then
> write it into a file, remove the file immediately and scan again.
> 
> Which I did, and I am humbled to say that you were right. I find that
> quite surprising and would need to look at how it is implemented.

Yes! and thanks.

Cheers
-- 
tomás

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