SYNC(1)				User Commands			      SYNC(1)



NAME
       sync - flush filesystem buffers

SYNOPSIS
       sync [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION
       Force changed blocks to disk, update the super block.

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is	 free software; see the source for copying conditions.	There
       is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       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

       should give you access to the complete manual.



sync (coreutils) 5.2.1		 August 2006			      SYNC(1)

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