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1.1     ! root        1: .TH SYNC 8
        !             2: .CT 1 sa_nonmortals
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: sync, update \- update disk file systems
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B sync
        !             7: .PP
        !             8: .B /etc/update
        !             9: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            10: .I Sync
        !            11: executes the
        !            12: .IR sync (2)
        !            13: system primitive,
        !            14: to suggest that all disk writes be completed soon.
        !            15: It is wise to call
        !            16: .I sync
        !            17: before halting the system.
        !            18: .PP
        !            19: .I Update
        !            20: calls
        !            21: .IR sync (2)
        !            22: every 30 seconds,
        !            23: so that file systems
        !            24: are fairly well up to date
        !            25: if the system crashes.
        !            26: It should be run once
        !            27: from
        !            28: .IR rc (8).
        !            29: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            30: .IR sync (2), 
        !            31: .IR reboot (8)

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