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 bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright O 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     This is free software.  You may redistribute  copies  of  it
     under   the   terms   of  the  GNU  General  Public  License
     .  There  is  NO  WAR-
     RANTY, 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 sync

     should give you access to the complete manual.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:













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       ATRIBUTE TYPE      ATRIBUTE VALUE  
    
     Availability         SUNWgnu-coreutils 
    
     Interface Stability  Uncommitted       
    

NOTES
     Source    for    GNU    coreutils    is     available     on
     http:/opensolaris.org.












































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