SYNC(1) User Commands SYNC(1)
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 (C) 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.
GNU coreutils 8.22 November 2020 SYNC(1)