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System Administration Commandssync(1M)


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 insure 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)


SunOS 5.9Go To TopLast Changed 1 Dec 1998

 
      
      
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