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SYNC "1" "March 2020" "GNU coreutils 8.32" "User Commands"
NAME
sync - Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage
SYNOPSIS
sync [\,OPTION\/] [\,FILE\/]...
DESCRIPTION
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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.
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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 <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sync>

or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) sync invocation\(aq