hpux man page for syncer

syncer(1M)																syncer(1M)

NAME
       syncer - periodically sync for file system integrity

SYNOPSIS
       [seconds] directory ...]

DESCRIPTION
       is  a  program  that periodically executes at an interval determined by the input argument seconds (see sync(2)).  If seconds is not speci-
       fied, the default interval is every 30 seconds.	This ensures that the file system is fairly up-to-date in case of a crash.   This  command
       should not be executed directly, but should be executed at system boot time via startup script

       also updates the file if it does not match current kernel mount information.

   Options
       recognizes the following options:

	      Cause	to  not update the file.  Use of this option is provided for special cases of backward compatilibity only, and is strongly
			discouraged.  This option may be removed in a future release.

	      Open directories for cache benefit.
			All directories must be specified by their full path name.  If the option is not used, no directories are opened.

AUTHOR
       was developed by the University of California, Berkeley and HP.

SEE ALSO
       init(1M), sync(1M), sync(2).

																	syncer(1M)