SYNC(8)                 GENIX Programmer's Manual                 SYNC(8)



      NAME
           sync - update the super block

      SYNOPSIS
           sync

      DESCRIPTION
           Sync executes the sync system primitive.   Sync  can  be  called  to
           insure  all  disk writes have been completed before the processor is
           halted in a way not suitably done by reboot(8) or halt(8).

           See sync(2) for details on the system primitive.

      SEE ALSO
           sync(2), halt(8), reboot(8), update(8)








































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