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    2016  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'

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