>Hilmar
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>I ask whether "flush force" is better than "flush"
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>Moises
Well, yes, apparently.
The help says that this clause calls the Windows FlushFileBuffers API. The help for this API - obtained from
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa364439.aspx - says:
"Typically the WriteFile and WriteFileEx functions write data to an internal buffer that the operating system writes to a disk on a regular basis. The FlushFileBuffers function writes to a disk all the buffered information for a specified file."
So, as I understand it, it seems that data "written to disk" is really stored in Windows buffers for a while. If the power goes down soon after "writing" the data, you are in trouble. Well, your user's data, anyway.
I understand there separate buffers, 1. for the OS, 2. for the hard disk. The hard disk buffer (write cache) must be disabled separately.
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