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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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