SYNC(1M-SysV)       RISC/os Reference Manual        SYNC(1M-SysV)



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 modifica-
     tions 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.

































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