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SYNC(2) Linux Programmer's Manual SYNC(2) NAME sync - commit buffer cache to disk. SYNOPSIS #include <unistd.h> void sync(void); DESCRIPTION sync first commits inodes to buffers, and then buffers to disk. CONFORMING TO SVr4, SVID, X/OPEN, BSD 4.3 BUGS According to the standard specification (e.g., SVID), sync() schedules the writes, but may return before the actual writing is done. However, since version 1.3.20 Linux does actually wait. (This still does not guarantee data integrity: modern disks have large caches.) NOTES Since glibc 2.2.2 the Linux prototype is as listed above, following the various standards. In libc4, libc5, and glibc up to 2.2.1 it was "int sync(void)", and sync always returned 0. SEE ALSO bdflush(2), fsync(2), fdatasync(2), update(8), sync(8) Linux 2.4 2001-10-10 SYNC(2)
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