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