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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
| commit | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (patch) | |
| tree | 9df484304b560466d145e662c1c254ff0e9ae0ba /static/openbsd/man8/sync.8 | |
| parent | 160aa82b2d39c46ad33723d7d909cb4972efbb03 (diff) | |
docs: Added All OpenBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man8/sync.8 b/static/openbsd/man8/sync.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9d344373 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man8/sync.8 @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: sync.8,v 1.14 2016/08/16 18:51:25 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: sync.8,v 1.6 1995/03/21 09:11:35 cgd Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)sync.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93 +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: August 16 2016 $ +.Dt SYNC 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm sync +.Nd force completion of pending disk writes (flush cache) +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm sync +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility can be called to ensure that all disk writes have been completed before +the processor is halted in a way not suitably done by +.Xr reboot 8 +or +.Xr halt 8 . +Generally, it is preferable to use +.Xr reboot 8 +or +.Xr halt 8 +to shut down the system, +as they may perform additional actions +such as resynchronizing the hardware clock +and flushing internal caches before performing a final +.Nm sync . +.Pp +.Nm +utilizes the +.Xr sync 2 +function. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr fsync 2 , +.Xr sync 2 , +.Xr halt 8 , +.Xr reboot 8 +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm +command appeared in +.At v4 . |
