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SYNC(3P)                   POSIX Programmer's Manual                  SYNC(3P)

PROLOG
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       Linux  manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may
       not be implemented on Linux.
NAME
       sync - schedule file system updates
SYNOPSIS
       #include <unistd.h>
       void sync(void);

DESCRIPTION
       The sync() function shall cause all information in memory that  updates
       file systems to be scheduled for writing out to all file systems.
       The  writing,  although  scheduled,  is  not  necessarily complete upon
       return from sync().
RETURN VALUE
       The sync() function shall not return a value.
ERRORS
       No errors are defined.
       The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
       None.
APPLICATION USAGE
       None.
RATIONALE
       None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.
SEE ALSO
       fsync(),  the  Base   Definitions   volume   of   IEEE Std 1003.1-2001,
       <unistd.h>
COPYRIGHT
       Portions  of  this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
       --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003  by  the  Institute  of
       Electrical  and  Electronics  Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
       The  Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
       is the referee document. The original Standard can be  obtained  online
       at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

IEEE/The Open Group                  2003                             SYNC(3P)