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author | Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-07-06 19:13:21 +0000 |
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committer | Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-07-06 19:13:21 +0000 |
commit | 4690560d06982b398ace1f6da555bfad95e82024 (patch) | |
tree | 90806b9dafe3270b775e4dc3dc3d58f9bb80dbcb /bin/sync | |
parent | 9bee881145d609318ef3f01cd9156112ed2c23e6 (diff) | |
download | src-4690560d06982b398ace1f6da555bfad95e82024.tar.gz src-4690560d06982b398ace1f6da555bfad95e82024.zip |
The .Nm utility
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svn path=/head/; revision=99499
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diff --git a/bin/sync/sync.8 b/bin/sync/sync.8 index 2dd1eecbbed3..6972924d3157 100644 --- a/bin/sync/sync.8 +++ b/bin/sync/sync.8 @@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Sync +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 @@ -57,8 +59,9 @@ such as resynchronizing the hardware clock and flushing internal caches before performing a final .Nm . .Pp -.Nm Sync -utilizes the +The +.Nm +utility utilizes the .Xr sync 2 function call. .Sh SEE ALSO @@ -70,5 +73,5 @@ function call. .Sh HISTORY A .Nm -command appeared in +utility appeared in .At v4 . |