SYNC(8)                 OpenBSD System Manager's Manual                SYNC(8)

NAME
     sync - force completion of pending disk writes (flush cache)



SYNOPSIS
     sync

DESCRIPTION
     Sync can be called to insure that all disk writes have been completed be-
     fore 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 resyn-
     chronizing the hardware clock and flushing internal caches before per-
     forming a final sync.

     Sync utilizes the sync(2) function call.

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

HISTORY
     A sync command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.

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