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1.1     ! root        1: .TH SYNC 2 "12 February 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: sync \- update super-block
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B sync()
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .I Sync
        !             9: causes all information in core
        !            10: memory that should be on disk to be written out.
        !            11: This includes modified super blocks,
        !            12: modified i-nodes, and delayed block I/O.
        !            13: .PP
        !            14: .I Sync
        !            15: should be used by programs which examine a file system,
        !            16: for example
        !            17: .I "fsck, df,"
        !            18: etc.
        !            19: .I Sync
        !            20: is mandatory before a boot.
        !            21: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            22: fsync(2), sync(8), update(8)
        !            23: .SH BUGS
        !            24: The writing, although scheduled, is not necessarily
        !            25: complete upon return from 
        !            26: .IR sync .

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