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Sync1. To force all pending input/output to the disk drive. From I-gloss 2. /sink/ n., vi. (var. `synch') 1. To synchronize, to bring into synchronization. 2. [techspeak] To force all pending I/O to the disk; see flush, sense 2. 3. More generally, to force a number of competing processes or agents to a state that would be `safe' if the system were to crash; thus, to checkpoint (in the database-theory sense). From Jargon Dictionary 3. To force all pending I/O to the disk. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux 4. commit buffer cache to disk. From whatis 5. flush filesystem buffers From whatis |
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