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UPDATE(1)						      General Commands Manual							 UPDATE(1)

NAME
       update - periodically write the buffer cache to disk

SYNOPSIS
       update

EXAMPLES
       update & 	   # Start a process that flushes the cache

DESCRIPTION
       When the system is booted, update is started up in the background from /etc/rc to issue a SYNC system call every 30 sec.

SEE ALSO
       boot(8).

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