sync(8)                             CLIX                             sync(8)



  NAME

    sync - Updates the superblock

  SYNOPSIS

    sync

  DESCRIPTION

    The sync command executes the sync() system primitive.  If the system is
    to be stopped, the sync command must be called to insure file system
    integrity.  This command will flush all previously unwritten system
    buffers out to disk, thus assuring that all file modifications up to that
    point will be saved.  See sync(2) for details.

  EXAMPLES

    sync


  NOTES

    If you have done a write to a file on a remote machine in a Remote File
    Sharing environment, you cannot use sync to force buffers to be written
    out to disk on the remote machine.  The sync command will only write local
    buffers to local disks.

  EXIT VALUES

    This command always returns 0.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Functions:  sync(2)



















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