sync(1) - Linux man page

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/>
Report sync translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

Copyright

Copyright © 2010 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 aqsync invocationaq

should give you access to the complete manual.

Referenced By

clubufflush(8), ecryptfs-rewrite-file(1), guestfs-testing(1), quotactl(2)