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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

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
 
Report sync translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2014 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.

SEE ALSO

sync(2)
Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sync>
 
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sync invocation'
March 2015 GNU coreutils 8.23