SYNC(1)

NAME
sync - flush file system buffers

SYNOPSIS
sync [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

Force changed blocks to disk, update the super block.

--help
    display this help and exit

--version
    output version information and exit

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report sync translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

Packaged by Cygwin (8.23-4) Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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.

AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering.

SEE ALSO
sync(2)

The full documentation for sync is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and sync programs are properly installed at your site, the command

    info coreutils 'sync invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.