x11r4 man page for sync

Query: sync

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SYNC(1) 							   User Commands							   SYNC(1)

NAME
sync - Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage
SYNOPSIS
sync [OPTION] [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage If one or more files are specified, sync only them, or their containing file systems. -d, --data sync only file data, no unneeded metadata -f, --file-system sync the file systems that contain the files --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit
BUGS
Persistence guarantees vary per system. See the system calls below for more details.
AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering and Giuseppe Scrivano.
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report sync translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2017 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
fdatasync(2), fsync(2), sync(2), syncfs(2) Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sync> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sync invocation' GNU coreutils 8.28 January 2018 SYNC(1)