1*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Paul Saab <ps@FreeBSD.org> 2*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" All rights reserved. 3*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" 4*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" are met: 7*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" 13*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 14*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 15*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 16*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 17*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 18*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 19*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 20*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 21*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 22*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 23*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 24*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" 25*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/fsync/fsync.1,v 1.2.2.4 2001/08/01 12:01:27 sheldonh Exp $ 26*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" $DragonFly: src/usr.bin/fsync/fsync.1,v 1.2 2003/06/17 04:29:26 dillon Exp $ 27*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" 28*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Dd June 15, 2000 29*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Dt FSYNC 1 30*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Os 31*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh NAME 32*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nm fsync 33*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nd synchronize a file's in-core state with that on disk 34*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh SYNOPSIS 35*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nm 36*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Ar 37*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh DESCRIPTION 38*86d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThe 39*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nm 40*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinoutility causes all the modified data and meta-data of 41*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinoall the files named on the command line 42*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinoto be written to a permanent storage device. 43*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Pp 44*86d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThe 45*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nm 46*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinoutility uses the 47*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr fsync 2 48*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinofunction call. 49*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh SEE ALSO 50*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr fsync 2 , 51*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr sync 2 , 52*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr syncer 4 , 53*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr halt 8 , 54*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr reboot 8 55*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh HISTORY 56*86d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThe 57*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nm 58*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinocommand first appeared in 59*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Fx 4.3 . 60