minix man page for sync

Query: sync

OS: minix

Section: 8

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SYNC(8) 						      System Manager's Manual							   SYNC(8)

NAME
sync - flush the cache to disk
SYNOPSIS
sync
OPTIONS
(none)
EXAMPLES
sync # Write out all modified cache blocks
DESCRIPTION
MINIX maintains a cache of recently used disk blocks. The sync command writes any modified cache blocks back to the disk. This is essen- tial before stopping the system, and should be done before running any a.out program that might crash.
SEE ALSO
sync(2), shutdown(8). SYNC(8)
Related Man Pages
sync(8) - linux
sync(2) - debian
sync(8) - debian
sync(2) - suse
sync(8) - suse
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