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.TH SYNC "1" "February 2017" "GNU coreutils 8.26" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
sync \- Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sync
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR] [\fI\,FILE\/\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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
.SH BUGS
Persistence guarantees vary per system.
See the system calls below for more details.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering and Giuseppe Scrivano.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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Report sync translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
fdatasync(2), fsync(2), sync(2), syncfs(2)
.PP
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Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sync>
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or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) sync invocation\(aq