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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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