[2.7] bpo-36807: When saving a file in IDLE, call flush and fsync (GH-13102) (GH-13293)

terryjreedy · web-flow · commit 353f8d2282b1 · 2019-05-13T18:29:15.000-04:00
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/IOBinding.py b/Lib/idlelib/IOBinding.py
@@ -383,6 +383,8 @@ def writefile(self, filename):
         try:
             with open(filename, "wb") as f:
                 f.write(chars)
+                f.flush()
+                os.fsync(f.fileno())
             return True
         except IOError as msg:
             tkMessageBox.showerror("I/O Error", str(msg),
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-05-05-16-27-53.bpo-13102.AGNWYJ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-05-05-16-27-53.bpo-13102.AGNWYJ.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+When saving a file, call os.fsync() so bits are flushed to e.g. USB drive.

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