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@(#)sync.8 6.1 (Berkeley) 04/27/85

SYNC 8 ""
C 4
NAME
sync - update the super block
SYNOPSIS
/etc/sync
DESCRIPTION
Sync executes the sync system primitive. Sync can be called to insure all disk writes have been completed before the processor is halted in a way not suitably done by reboot (8) or halt (8).

See sync (2) for details on the system primitive.

"SEE ALSO"
sync(2), fsync(2), halt(8), reboot(8), update(8)