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25 lines
534 B
Groff
.\" @(#)sync.8 1.1 94/10/31 SMI; from UCB 4.2
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.TH SYNC 8 "4 February 1983"
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.SH NAME
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sync \- update the super block
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B sync
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.IX "sync command" "" "\fLsync\fP \(em update super block"
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.I Sync
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executes the
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.I sync
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system primitive.
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.I Sync
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can be called to insure all disk writes have been completed before the
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processor is halted in a way not suitably done by
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.IR reboot (8)
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or
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.IR halt (8).
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.PP
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See
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.IR sync (2)
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for details on the system primitive.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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sync(2), fsync(2), halt(8), reboot(8)
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