UPDATE(8)               386BSD 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
     flushing 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 syn occuring simultaneously with a
     crash may cause file system damage. See fsck(8).

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

BSD Experimental                August 5, 1991                               1