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sync (1g)

Name

sync - flush file system buffers

Synopsis

sync [OPTION]

Description




User Commands                                             SYNC(1)



NAME
     sync - flush file system buffers

SYNOPSIS
     sync [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION
     Force changed blocks to disk, update the super block.

     --help
          display this help and exit

     --version
          output version information and exit

AUTHOR
     Written by Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report sync bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU  coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/core-
     utils/>
     General help using GNU  software:  <http://www.gnu.org/geth-
     elp/>
     Report  sync  translation  bugs  to  <http://translationpro-
     ject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation,  Inc.   License
     GPLv3+:      GNU      GPL     version     3     or     later
     <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redis-
     tribute  it.   There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted
     by law.


ATTRIBUTES
     See  attributes(5)  for  descriptions   of   the   following
     attributes:

     +---------------+--------------------+
     |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE   |
     +---------------+--------------------+
     |Availability   | file/gnu-coreutils |
     +---------------+--------------------+
     |Stability      | Uncommitted        |
     +---------------+--------------------+
SEE ALSO
     sync(2)

     The  full  documentation for sync is maintained as a Texinfo
     manual.   If  the  info  and  sync  programs  are   properly



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User Commands                                             SYNC(1)



     installed at your site, the command

          info coreutils 'sync invocation'

     should give you access to the complete manual.



NOTES
     This   software   was   built   from   source  available  at
     https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.   The   original
     community       source       was       downloaded       from
     http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.16.tar.xz

     Further information about this software can be found on  the
     open  source  community  website at http://www.gnu.org/soft-
     ware/coreutils/.






































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