I suppose #sync should do nothing when the FileStream is not writable.
Levente
On Tue, 24 May 2016, commits@source.squeak.org wrote:
tim Rowledge uploaded a new version of Files to project The Trunk: http://source.squeak.org/trunk/Files-tpr.156.mcz
==================== Summary ====================
Name: Files-tpr.156 Author: tpr Time: 24 May 2016, 10:00:21.788027 am UUID: a9fad8c9-8c36-480a-8c66-1521c4e1bf16 Ancestors: Files-cmm.155
Add call to the fsync file flushing/synchronising primitive, plus a #sync method to use it.
=============== Diff against Files-cmm.155 ===============
Item was added:
- ----- Method: FileStream>>sync (in category 'file open/close') -----
- sync
- "sync the current buffer out to disk."
- self subclassResponsibility
- !
Item was added:
- ----- Method: StandardFileStream>>primSync: (in category 'primitives') -----
- primSync: id
- "Call fsync to really, really, flush pending changes to the disk"
- | p |
- <primitive: 'primitiveFileSync' module: 'FilePlugin'>
- "In some OS's seeking to 0 and back will do a flush. Maybe that will help if we dont have the primitives"
- p := self position.
- self position: 0; position: p!
Item was added:
- ----- Method: StandardFileStream>>sync (in category 'read, write, position') -----
- sync
- "Really, really, flush pending changes"
- ^self primSync: fileID!
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