SYNC(1M)             INTERACTIVE UNIX System             SYNC(1M)



          NAME
               sync - update the super block

          SYNOPSIS
               sync

          DESCRIPTION
               The sync command executes the sync system primitive.  If the
               system is to be stopped, sync must be called to insure file
               system integrity.  It 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.

          NOTE
               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.  sync will only write local buffers to local disks.

          SEE ALSO
               sync(2) in the INTERACTIVE SDS Guide and Programmer's Refer-
               ence Manual.
































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