SYNC(1) User Commands SYNC(1)
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
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report sync translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2013 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.
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 coreutils 'sync invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.22 June 2014 SYNC(1)
