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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.
- -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: <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 |