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/usr/bin/sync

Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils.

From uutils 0.12.0-r6 (os), captured 2026-11-07 by running sync --help (exit 0). permalink

Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage

Usage: sync [OPTION]... FILE...

Arguments:
  [files]...

Options:
  -f, --file-system  sync the file systems that contain the files (Linux and Windows only)
  -d, --data         sync only file data, no unneeded metadata (Linux only)
  -h, --help         Print help
  -V, --version      Print version
Options (4)
OptionDescriptionSource
-f, --file-systemsync the file systems that contain the files (Linux and Windows only)help + man
-d, --datasync only file data, no unneeded metadata (Linux only)help + man
-h, --helpPrint helphelp + man
-V, --versionPrint versionhelp + man

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.