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
BUGS
Persistence guarantees vary per system. See the system calls below for more details.
AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering and Giuseppe Scrivano.
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils
online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>;
Report any translation bugs to
<https://translationproject.org/team/>;
COPYRIGHT
Copyright
© 2023 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.
SEE ALSO
fdatasync(2), fsync(2), sync(2), syncfs(2)
Full
documentation
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sync>;
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sync
invocation'