.TH sync 1

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.SH NAME

sync \- synchronize cached writes to persistent storage

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.SH SYNOPSIS

.IP "\fBsync\fR" 4

Call \fBsync\fR(2).

.IP "\fBsync\fR \fIfile\fR \fIfile\fR ..." 4

Call \fBfsync\fR(2) on each file.

.IP "\fBsync\fR \fB-d\fR \fIfile\fR \fIfile\fR ..." 4

Call \fBfdatasync\fR(2) on each file.

.IP "\fBsync\fR \fB-f\fR \fIfile\fR" 4

Call \fBsyncfs\fR(2) to sync the file system containing \fIfile\fR.

.IP "\fBsync\fR \fB-t\fR \fIfile\fR [\fIminsize\fR [\fIfrom\fR \fIto\fR]]" 4

Do \fBFITRIM\fR ioctl on the file system containing \fIfile\fR.

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.SH DESCRIPTION

The tool is a very thin wrapper around the four *sync system calls.

Refer to syscall description for more info on what they actually do.

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