NAME
fsync — synchronize a file’s in-core state with that on disk
SYNOPSIS
fsync file ...
DESCRIPTION
The fsync utility causes all the modified data and meta-data of all the files named on the command line to be written to a permanent storage device.
The fsync utility uses the fsync(2) function call.
SEE ALSO
fsync(2), sync(2), syncer(4), halt(8), reboot(8)
HISTORY
The fsync command first appeared in FreeBSD 4.3.
BSD June 15, 2000 BSD