SYNC(1)                                   User Commands                                   SYNC(1)



NAME
       sync - flush filesystem 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 bugs to <>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not
       even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       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

       should give you access to the complete manual.



sync (coreutils) 5.2.1                    November 2008                                   SYNC(1)