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 © 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.

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