UPDATE(8)                 BSD System Manager's Manual                UPDATE(8)

NAME
     update - flush internal filesystem caches to disk frequently

SYNOPSIS
     update

DESCRIPTION
     The update command helps protect the integrity of disk volumes by flush-
     ing voliatile cached filesystem data to disk at thirty second intervals.
     Update uses the sync(2) function call to do the task.

     Update is commonly invoked at startup time by rc(8) when the system goes
     multi-user.

SEE ALSO
     sync(2),  fsck(8),  init(8),  rc(8),  sync(8)

BUGS
     It is possible on some systems, that a sync occuring simultaneously with
     a crash may cause file system damage. See fsck(8).

HISTORY
     An update command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.

BSDI BSD/386                    March 27, 1993                               1