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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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