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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Copyright © 2022 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.
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'