SYNCER(1M) — HP-UX

NAME

syncer − periodically sync for file system integrity

SYNOPSIS

/etc/syncer seconds ] [ −l ] [ −d directory ... ]

DESCRIPTION

Syncer is a program that periodically executes sync(2) or lsync(2) at an interval determined by the input argument seconds. If seconds is not specified, the default interval is every 30 seconds. This ensures that the file system is fairly up-to-date in case of a crash. This command should not be executed directly, but should be executed at system boot time via /etc/rc, which is invoked at boot time via /etc/inittab.

The −d option is used to open directories for cache benefit. All directories must be specified by their full path name. If the −d option is not used, no directories will be opened.

DEPENDENCIES

Series 300 Diskless
The −l option causes syncer to use lsync(2) instead of sync(2). The lsync system call will perform a local sync, while the sync system call will perform a cluster-wide sync (see sync(2) for details).

AUTHOR

Syncer was developed by the University of California, Berkeley and HP.

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