SYNC(1) 			 User Commands			       SYNC(1)



NAME
       sync - flush file system 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  2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free  software.   You may redistribute copies of it under the
       terms	  of	  the	   GNU	    General	  Public       License
       .	 There	is NO WARRANTY, to the
       extent permitted by law.

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 sync

       should give you access to the complete manual.



sync (coreutils) 5.97		 January 2007			       SYNC(1)