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05-13-2003

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Use the sync_cache subcommand to flush all outstanding writes for one or more disks from NVRAM to the media

luxadm [ -v ] sync_cache pathname

nvram character special file provides access to the machine device driver for accessing or modifying machine-specific nonvolatile RAM. The appropriate privilege is required to open the nvram special file. The nvram special file is used by machine-specific configuration programs to store or retrieve configuration and boot information using the nonvolatile RAM or ROM provided on the machine. The nvram special file supports open, close, read, and ioctl operations.

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rtc

rtc(8)								   NVRAM WakeUp 							    rtc(8)

NAME

       rtc - Prints the RTC Alarm values using ioctls on /dev/rtc.

SYNOPSIS

       rtc

DESCRIPTION

       rtc is a helper program from the package nvram-wakeup.

SEE ALSO

       nvram-wakeup(8)

HOMEPAGE

       http://sf.net/projects/nvram-wakeup/

AUTHOR

       Written by Sergei Haller <Sergei.Haller@math.uni-giessen.de>.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs at the bug tracking system (see HOMEPAGE) or on the mailing list nvram-wakeup-devel@lists.sourceforge.net

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Sergei Haller.

       This  program  is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
       the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY	WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied	warranty  of  MER-
       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You  should  have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
       Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

Linux								    Jul 07 2004 							    rtc(8)