Usage: /usr/bin/sync [OPTION] [FILE]... Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage If one or more files are specified, sync only them, or their containing file systems. -d, --data sync only file data, no unneeded metadata -f, --file-system sync the file systems that contain the files --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit Report bugs to: . GNU coreutils home page: General help using GNU software: Full documentation or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sync invocation'