NAME
sync —
force completion of pending disk writes
(flush cache)
SYNOPSIS
sync |
DESCRIPTION
The sync utility can be called to ensure
that all disk writes have been completed before the processor is halted in a
way not suitably done by
reboot(8) or
halt(8). Generally, it is preferable to use
reboot(8) or
halt(8) to shut down the system, as they may perform additional
actions such as resynchronizing the hardware clock and flushing internal
caches before performing a final sync.
sync utilizes the
sync(2) function call.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
A sync command appeared in
Version 6 AT&T UNIX.