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Those 3 sync's in rapid succession are secret-monkey-code for "tell the tape unit to rewind..", just FYI .. you don't strictly need 3. ;)
by mmjaa 9y ago
Those 3 sync's in rapid succession are secret-monkey-code for "tell the tape unit to rewind..", just FYI .. you don't strictly need 3. ;)
- LinuxBender 9y agohehe it was also the secret monkey code on some old raid controllers to tell them to commit their cache to disk. It isn't even strictly required these days, but old bugs and features find their way into systems all the time, so I just keep the old incantations around as paranoid habits. :)
- mmjaa 9y agoYeah, in my case its pure muscle-memory from the 80's. Can't stop myself from doing it the moment I start typing "sync"...