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SYNC(1)                                             User Commands                                             SYNC(1)



NAME
       sync - flush file system buffers

SYNOPSIS
       sync [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION
       Force changed blocks to disk, update the super block.

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       GNU   coreutils   online  help:  <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>  Report  sync  translation  bugs  to
       <http://translationproject.org/team/>

AUTHOR
       Written by Jim Meyering.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2013  Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU   GPL   version   3   or   later
       <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This  is  free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent per‐
       mitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       sync(2)

       The full documentation for sync is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and sync programs are properly
       installed at your site, the command

              info coreutils 'sync invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 8.22                                  November 2016                                             SYNC(1)