- SYNC(8) Minix Programmer's Manual SYNC(8)
- NAME
- sync - flush the cache to disk
- SYNOPSIS
- sync
- OPTIONS
- (none)
- EXAMPLES
- sync # Write out all modified cache blocks
- DESCRIPTION
- MINIX maintains a cache of recently used disk blocks. The sync command
- writes any modified cache blocks back to the disk. This is essential
- before stopping the system, and should be done before running any a.out
- program that might crash.
- SEE ALSO
- sync(2), shutdown(8).
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