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1.1       root        1: .TH SYNC 2
                      2: .CT 2 sa
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: sync \- force writing of system buffers
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B void sync()
                      7: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      8: .I Sync
                      9: schedules all information in
                     10: memory that should be on disk or other block media to be written out.
                     11: This includes modified super-blocks,
                     12: modified inodes, and delayed block I/O.
                     13: .PP
                     14: It should be used by programs which examine a file system,
                     15: for example
                     16: .IR icheck (8).
                     17: It is highly recommended before a shutdown or reboot.
                     18: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     19: .IR sync (8)
                     20: .SH BUGS
                     21: The writing, although scheduled, is not necessarily
                     22: complete upon return from
                     23: .IR sync .

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