sync command for windows?

Hi All,

Linux has a command called "sync"

sync - flush file system buffers
Force changed blocks to disk, update the super block.

I like to call it before and after doing back ups.

Is there an equivalent Windows command for this?

Many thanks,
-T

T on 2016/12/09 wrote:

Linux has a command called "sync"

sync - flush file system buffers
Force changed blocks to disk, update the super block.

I like to call it before and after doing back ups.
Is there an equivalent Windows command for this?

SysInternals' sync program.

Probably uses the FlushFileBuffers function (after enumerating the open
handles on files) noted at:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...(v=vs.85).aspx

On 12/09/2016 12:45 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
T on 2016/12/09 wrote:

Linux has a command called "sync"

sync - flush file system buffers
Force changed blocks to disk, update the super block.

I like to call it before and after doing back ups.
Is there an equivalent Windows command for this?

SysInternals' sync program.

Probably uses the FlushFileBuffers function (after enumerating the open
handles on files) noted at:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...(v=vs.85).aspx


Hi Vanguard,

Perfect! Thank you!

Sync:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/...rnals/bb897438

I will probably be incorporating this in all my pre and post
scripts for Cobian Backup.

-T

In message , T writes:
On 12/09/2016 12:45 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
T on 2016/12/09 wrote:

Linux has a command called "sync"

sync - flush file system buffers
Force changed blocks to disk, update the super block.

I like to call it before and after doing back ups.
Is there an equivalent Windows command for this?

SysInternals' sync program.

Probably uses the FlushFileBuffers function (after enumerating the open
handles on files) noted at:


https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib.../aa364451(v=vs.
85).aspx


Hi Vanguard,

Perfect! Thank you!

Sync:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/...rnals/bb897438

I will probably be incorporating this in all my pre and post
scripts for Cobian Backup.

-T

Probably not what you're after, but I also find their SyncToy useful:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/down....aspx?id=15155 (scroll
down - that page has a little advert at the top today).
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On 12/10/2016 03:53 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , T writes:
On 12/09/2016 12:45 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
T on 2016/12/09 wrote:

Linux has a command called "sync"

sync - flush file system buffers
Force changed blocks to disk, update the super block.

I like to call it before and after doing back ups.
Is there an equivalent Windows command for this?

SysInternals' sync program.

Probably uses the FlushFileBuffers function (after enumerating the open
handles on files) noted at:


https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib.../aa364451(v=vs.
85).aspx


Hi Vanguard,

Perfect! Thank you!

Sync:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/...rnals/bb897438

I will probably be incorporating this in all my pre and post
scripts for Cobian Backup.

-T

Probably not what you're after, but I also find their SyncToy useful:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/down....aspx?id=15155 (scroll
down - that page has a little advert at the top today).

Hi J.P.,

The word "sync" means a lot of things. I am after
"flush[ing] file system buffers"

But thank you anyway, I am always look for file sync
programs that actually work right. Rsync is easy to
use under Linux, but cumbersome under Windows. I
have started using Cobain Backup for sync'ing files
a lot. But ...

-T