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    Length: 600 (0x258)
    Types: TextFile
    Notes: UNIX file
    Names: »sync.2«

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└─⟦26887b7e0⟧ Bits:30009717 Comet 32 harddisk image
    └─⟦28c352965⟧ »/a« UNIX Filesystem
        └─⟦this⟧ »usr/man/man2/sync.2«

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	@(#)sync.2	2.1	7/1/84
	@(#)Copyright (C) 1983 by National Semiconductor Corp.
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.TH SYNC 2 
.SH NAME
sync \- update super-block
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sync()
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Sync
causes all information in core
memory that should be on disk to be written out.
This includes modified super blocks,
modified i-nodes, and delayed block I/O.
.PP
It should be used by programs which examine a file system,
for example
.I "icheck, df,"
etc.
It is mandatory before a boot.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
sync(1), update(8)
.SH BUGS
The writing, although scheduled, is not necessarily
complete upon return from 
.IR sync .