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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
                      2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
                      3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\"    @(#)sync.2      6.2 (Berkeley) 6/30/85
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH SYNC 2 "June 30, 1985"
                      8: .UC 4
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: sync \- update super-block
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: .B sync()
                     13: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     14: .I Sync
                     15: causes all information in core
                     16: memory that should be on disk to be written out.
                     17: This includes modified super blocks,
                     18: modified i-nodes, and delayed block I/O.
                     19: .PP
                     20: .I Sync
                     21: should be used by programs that examine a file system,
                     22: for example
                     23: .I "fsck, df,"
                     24: etc.
                     25: .I Sync
                     26: is mandatory before a boot.
                     27: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     28: fsync(2), sync(8), update(8)
                     29: .SH BUGS
                     30: The writing, although scheduled, is not necessarily
                     31: complete upon return from 
                     32: .IR sync .

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