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FSYNC(1)		     General Commands Manual			FSYNC(1)

NAME
     fsync -- synchronize a file's in-core state with that on disk

SYNOPSIS
     fsync file ...

DESCRIPTION
     The  fsync  utility  causes  all the modified data and meta-data of all the
     files named on the command line to be written to a  permanent  storage  de-
     vice.

     The fsync utility uses the fsync(2) function call.

EXIT STATUS
     If  an error occurs, the fsync utility proceeds to the next file, and exits
     >0.  Otherwise, it exits 0.

SEE ALSO
     fsync(2), sync(2), syncer(4), halt(8), reboot(8)

HISTORY
     The fsync command first appeared in FreeBSD 4.3.

FreeBSD 15.1 STABLE		January 25, 2005			FSYNC(1)

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