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1.1     ! root        1: .TH UPDATE 8  "4 February 1983"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: update \- periodically update the super block
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B /etc/update
        !             6: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             7: .I Update
        !             8: is a program that executes
        !             9: the
        !            10: .IR sync (2)
        !            11: primitive every 30 seconds.
        !            12: This insures that the file system
        !            13: is fairly up to date in case of a crash.
        !            14: This command should not be executed directly,
        !            15: but should be executed out of the
        !            16: initialization shell command file.
        !            17: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            18: sync(2), sync(8), init(8), rc(8)
        !            19: .SH BUGS
        !            20: With
        !            21: .I update
        !            22: running,
        !            23: if the CPU is
        !            24: halted just as
        !            25: the
        !            26: .I sync
        !            27: is executed,
        !            28: a file system can be damaged.
        !            29: This is partially due to DEC hardware that
        !            30: writes zeros when NPR requests fail.
        !            31: A fix would be to have
        !            32: .IR sync (8)
        !            33: temporarily increment the system time by at
        !            34: least 30 seconds to trigger the execution of
        !            35: .I update.
        !            36: This would give 30 seconds grace to halt the CPU.

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