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FSYNC(1) FreeBSD 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
device.

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 6.2 January 25, 2005 FreeBSD 6.2

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