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SYNC(1) User Commands SYNC(1)

NAME

sync - manual page for sync 9.1

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.

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

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/> Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sync> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sync invocation'

AUTHOR

Written by Jim Meyering and Giuseppe Scrivano.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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.

January 2023 GNU coreutils 9.1