sync

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

AUTHOR
       Written by Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils AT gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free  software.   You may redistribute copies of it under the
       terms      of      the      GNU      General       Public       License
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>;.   There  is NO WARRANTY, to the
       extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       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 sync

       should give you access to the complete manual.



sync (coreutils) 5.97            January 2007                          SYNC(1)