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

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2010 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  redistri-
     bute  it.   There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
     law.

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.










GNU coreutils 8.5    Last change: April 2010                    1