Harry, >Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:37:02 -0800 >From: Harry Edmon <address@hidden> >Organization: University of Washington >To: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden> >Subject: Re: 20050128: "sync" in ldmadmin stop The above message contained the following: > I tried taking out the sync - it makes "ldmadmin stop" run much faster. I just did an "ldmadmin stop" on this Linux system $ uname -a Linux uni4.unidata.ucar.edu 2.6.10-1.741_FC3smp #1 SMP Thu Jan 13 16:58:29 EST 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux The sync(1) took about one or two seconds. What's your uname(1)? Regards, Steve Emmerson