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
AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
Report sync bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009 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 7.1 July 2010 SYNC(1)
