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1.1       root        1: .TH SYNC 8  "4 February 1983"
                      2: .UC 4
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: sync \- update the super block
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B /etc/sync
                      7: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      8: .I Sync
                      9: executes the
                     10: .I sync
                     11: system primitive.
                     12: .I Sync
                     13: can be called to insure all disk writes have been completed before the
                     14: processor is halted in a way not suitably done by
                     15: .IR reboot (8)
                     16: or
                     17: .IR halt (8).
                     18: .PP
                     19: See
                     20: .IR sync (2)
                     21: for details on the system primitive.
                     22: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     23: sync(2), fsync(2), halt(8), reboot(8), update(8)

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