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sync

Section: System Administration Commands (1M)
Updated: 1 Dec 1998
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NAME

sync - update the super block  

SYNOPSIS

sync  

DESCRIPTION

sync executes the sync system primitive. If the system is to be stopped, sync must be called to ensure file system integrity. It will flush all previously unwritten system buffers out to disk, thus assuring that all file modifications up to that point will be saved. See sync(2) for details.  

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
AvailabilitySUNWcsu

 

SEE ALSO

sync(2), attributes(5)


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
ATTRIBUTES
SEE ALSO

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