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.TH SYNC "1" "September 2011" "GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
sync \- flush file system buffers
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sync
[\fIOPTION\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Force changed blocks to disk, update the super block.
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report sync bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
.br
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
.br
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
.br
Report sync translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
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"
sync(2)
.PP
The full documentation for
.B sync
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B sync
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info coreutils \(aqsync invocation\(aq
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.