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sync

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Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage

User commands4 optionscoreutils 9.7-3
sync [OPTION] [FILE]...

Options

4
-d--data

sync only file data, no unneeded metadata

-f--file-system

sync the file systems that contain the files

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

DESCRIPTION

Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage

If one or more files are specified, sync only them, or their containing file systems.

sync only file data, no unneeded metadata
sync the file systems that contain the files
display this help and exit
output version information and exit

BUGS

Persistence guarantees vary per system. See the system calls below for more details.

AUTHOR

Written by Jim Meyering and Giuseppe Scrivano.

REPORTING BUGS

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See also