-bash-3.2$ man sync
SYNC(1) User Commands SYNC(1)
NAME
sync - flush file system buffers
SYNOPSIS
sync [OPTION]
DESCRIPTION
Force changed blocks to disk, update the super block.
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
sync(2)
The full documentation for sync is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and sync programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
info coreutils [1msync invocation
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 6.12 November 2008 SYNC(1)