sync

sync [OPTION] [FILE]...

Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage

If one or more files are specified, sync only them, or their containing file systems.

-d, --data

sync only file data, no unneeded metadata

-f, --file-system

sync the file systems that contain the files

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

Persistence guarantees vary per system. See the system calls below for more details.

Written by Jim Meyering and Giuseppe Scrivano.

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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fdatasync(2), fsync(2), sync(2), syncfs(2)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sync>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sync invocation'

Packaged by Ubuntu (9.7-3ubuntu2)
Copyright © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.