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SYNC(8)             UNIX Programmer's Manual              SYNC(8)



NAME
     sync - update the super block

SYNOPSIS
     sync

DESCRIPTION
     _S_y_n_c executes the _s_y_n_c system primitive.  _S_y_n_c can be called
     to insure all disk writes have been completed before the
     processor is halted in a way not suitably done by _r_e_b_o_o_t(8)
     or _h_a_l_t(8).

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

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







































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