SYNC(1M)                                                 SYNC(1M)



     NAME
          sync - update the super block

     SYNOPSIS
          sync

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

     NOTE
          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 will only write local buffers to local disks.

     SEE ALSO
          sync(2) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.

     ORIGIN
          AT&T V.3






























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