NAME¶

sync - Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage

SYNOPSIS¶

sync [OPTION] [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION¶

Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage

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

-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

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report sync translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

AUTHOR¶

Written by Jim Meyering and Giuseppe Scrivano.

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO¶

fdatasync(2), fsync(2), sync(2), syncfs(2)

The full documentation for sync is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and sync programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info coreutils 'sync invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.