SYNC(8)                 COMMAND REFERENCE                 SYNC(8)



NAME
     sync - update the super block

SYNOPSIS
     sync

DESCRIPTION
     Sync executes the sync system primitive.  Sync can be called
     to insure all disk writes have been completed before the
     processor is halted in a way not suitably done by reboot(8)
     or halt(8) .

     See sync(2) for details on the system primitive.

SEE ALSO
     sync(2), fsync(2), halt(8), reboot(8), and update(8).







































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