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authorPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-06 19:13:21 +0000
committerPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-06 19:13:21 +0000
commit4690560d06982b398ace1f6da555bfad95e82024 (patch)
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parent9bee881145d609318ef3f01cd9156112ed2c23e6 (diff)
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The .Nm utility
Notes
Notes: 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 .