sync - flush file system buffers
sync [OPTION]
SYNC(1) 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/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report sync translation bugs to <http://translationproject.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 redistribute 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 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/core-
utils-8.16.tar.xz
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/.
GNU coreutils 8.16 March 2012 SYNC(1)