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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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