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@gnu.org>.

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 sync

should give you access to the complete manual.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2008 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 permitted by law.