SYNC(1) User Commands SYNC(1)

sync - Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage

sync [OPTION] [FILE]...

Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage

If one or more files are specified, sync only them, or their containing file systems.

sync only file data, no unneeded metadata
sync the file systems that contain the files
display this help and exit
output version information and exit

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

Written by Jim Meyering and Giuseppe Scrivano.

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fdatasync(2), fsync(2), sync(2), syncfs(2)

Full documentation https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sync
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sync invocation'

January 2024 GNU coreutils 9.4