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.TH SYNC "1" "January 2023" "GNU coreutils 9.1" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
sync \- manual page for sync 9.1
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sync
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR] [\fI\,FILE\/\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage
.PP
If one or more files are specified, sync only them,
or their containing file systems.
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-data\fR
sync only file data, no unneeded metadata
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-file\-system\fR
sync the file systems that contain the files
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sync>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sync invocation'
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering and Giuseppe Scrivano.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.