Received: from oss.sgi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g5M8t3nC016991 for ; Sat, 22 Jun 2002 01:55:03 -0700 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g5M8t2mH016990 for linux-xfs-outgoing; Sat, 22 Jun 2002 01:55:02 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: oss.sgi.com: majordomo set sender to owner-linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com using -f Received: from smtpzilla3.xs4all.nl (smtpzilla3.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.139]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with SMTP id g5M8sunC016960 for ; Sat, 22 Jun 2002 01:54:57 -0700 Received: from auto-nb1.xs4all.nl (qn-212-58-163-7.quicknet.nl [212.58.163.7]) by smtpzilla3.xs4all.nl (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id g5M8w4Wn010522; Sat, 22 Jun 2002 10:58:04 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20020622105730.0385d488@pop.xs4all.nl> X-Sender: knuffie@pop.xs4all.nl X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 10:58:04 +0200 To: Harrison Xing , From: Seth Mos Subject: Re: Open file corruption? In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.5 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,SUBJ_ENDS_IN_Q_MARK version=2.20 X-Spam-Level: Sender: owner-linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk At 10:51 22-6-2002 +0800, Harrison Xing wrote: >Hi, > >There has been reports and FAQ about an open file which is modified is >corrupted after power failure. But is it possible for a file that is opened >for read-only access becomes corrupted after accidental power failure? We >have met once or twice that some open files get lost even though there doesn't >seem to have any process which modifies them. Thanks. What kernel, distro, hardware? Cheers -- Seth It might just be your lucky day, if you only knew.