sync(1M)							      sync(1M)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     sync - update the super block

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     sync

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     sync executes the sync(2) system primitive.  If the system	is to be
     stopped, sync must	be called to insure filesystem integrity.  It flushes
     all previously unwritten system buffers out to disk, thus assuring	that
     all file modifications up to that point are saved.	 See sync(2) for
     details.

NOTE    [Toc]    [Back]

     If	you have done a	write to a file	on a remote machine in a Remote	File
     Sharing environment, you cannot use sync to force buffers to be written
     out to disk on the	remote machine.	 sync only writes local	buffers	to
     local disks.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     sync(2).


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