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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.8      6.2 (Berkeley) 5/28/86
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH SYNC 8 "May 28, 1986"
        !             8: .UC 4
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: sync \- update the super block
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B /etc/sync
        !            13: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            14: .I Sync
        !            15: executes the
        !            16: .I sync
        !            17: system primitive.
        !            18: .I Sync
        !            19: can be called to insure that all disk writes have been completed before the
        !            20: processor is halted in a way not suitably done by
        !            21: .IR reboot (8)
        !            22: or
        !            23: .IR halt (8).
        !            24: Generally, it is preferable to use
        !            25: .I reboot
        !            26: or
        !            27: .I halt
        !            28: to shut down the system,
        !            29: as they may perform additional actions
        !            30: such as resynchronizing the hardware clock
        !            31: and flushing internal caches before performing a final
        !            32: .IR sync .
        !            33: .PP
        !            34: See
        !            35: .IR sync (2)
        !            36: for details on the system primitive.
        !            37: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            38: sync(2), fsync(2), halt(8), reboot(8), update(8)

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