Manual page for SYNC(1)
sync - update the super block; force changed blocks to the disk
SYNOPSIS
sync
DESCRIPTION
sync
forces any information on its way to the disk to be written out
immediately.
sync
can be called to ensure that all disk writes are completed before the
processor is halted abnormally.
SEE ALSO
cron.8
fsck.8
halt.8
reboot.8
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