Manual page for SYNC(2)
sync - update super-block
SYNOPSIS
sync()
DESCRIPTION
Sync
causes all information in core
memory that should be on disk to be written out.
This includes modified super blocks,
modified i-nodes, and delayed block I/O.
Sync
should be used by programs that examine a file system,
for example
fsck, df,
etc.
Sync
is mandatory before a boot.
SEE ALSO
fsync(2), sync(8), update(8)
BUGS
The writing, although scheduled, is not necessarily
complete upon return from
sync.
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Last modified 11/5/97
