sync - Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage
sync [
OPTION] [
FILE]...
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
Persistence guarantees vary per system. See the system calls below for more
details.
Written by Jim Meyering and Giuseppe Scrivano.
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https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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Copyright © 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL
version 3 or later <
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO
WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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'