Re: [Gumstix-users] writing files to mmc card

[Warren L. <wl...@fo...>]

thanks much! A call to sync every once in a while solved the problem.

Warren

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Coldrey" <pa...@en...>
To: <gum...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 2:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Gumstix-users] writing files to mmc card


> wl...@fo... wrote:
> > I am using the gumstix to read data from the serial port, and logging
> > the data to a file on the mmc card. The datalogging program starts at
> > boot time. There is no console , and therefore no way to gracefully
> > close the files and exit the program. I see only two ways to stop the
> > program: remove power or remove the mmc card.
> >
> > Doing either messes up the file. If I kill the process then the file
> > is fine, but I can't do that without the console. I'm content to lose
> > the last part of the file, but removing power messes up the whole file.
> >
> > Is there some simple way to deal with this problem?
> >
> > Warren
> Oh, and making a call to 'sync' periodically might help too?
>
> -- 
> Paul Coldrey
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