[netCDF #FFQ-819680]: Slowdown in nc_sync()

Hi Greg,

> I am pretty sure that the reason for the slowdown is due to the addition
> of the fsync() calls in nc_sync().  We were previously using 4.0 which
> was prior to the addition of fsync() and are now using 4.1.3-beta1.  No
> further investigation is needed on this issue.

Yes, that sounds right.  You can disable the use of fsync by building with the 
configure option --disable-fsync.

--Russ

> --Greg
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Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: FFQ-819680
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed