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NAME

6       sync - Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage
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SYNOPSIS

9       sync [OPTION] [FILE]...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage
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14       If one or more files are specified, sync only them, or their containing
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17       -d, --data
18              sync only file data, no unneeded metadata
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20       -f, --file-system
21              sync the file systems that contain the files
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23       --help display this help and exit
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25       --version
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BUGS

29       Persistence guarantees vary per system.  See the system calls below for
30       more details.
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AUTHOR

33       Written by Jim Meyering and Giuseppe Scrivano.
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REPORTING BUGS

36       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
37       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
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40       Copyright  ©  2020  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
41       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
42       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
43       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

46       fdatasync(2), fsync(2), sync(2), syncfs(2)
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48       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sync>
49       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sync invocation'
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53GNU coreutils 8.32                 June 2021                           SYNC(1)
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