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authorfair <fair@NetBSD.org>1998-04-28 18:05:53 +0000
committerfair <fair@NetBSD.org>1998-04-28 18:05:53 +0000
commit416fd8edd408dbfb9638c19f4389233eaf8f85e6 (patch)
tree7667c0c4caebfda635ea8c9fac9aec6027d8519c /bin/sync/sync.8
parentfe40034faecaa9eb33a453f3ae287dfc10543be7 (diff)
fix mdoc references
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diff --git a/bin/sync/sync.8 b/bin/sync/sync.8
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--- a/bin/sync/sync.8
+++ b/bin/sync/sync.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: sync.8,v 1.6 1995/03/21 09:11:35 cgd Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: sync.8,v 1.7 1998/04/28 18:05:53 fair Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -42,26 +42,28 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm sync
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Sync
-can be called to insure that all disk writes have been completed before the
-processor is halted in a way not suitably done by
+The
+.Nm
+program can be called to insure that all disk writes have been
+completed before the processor is halted in a way not suitably done by
.Xr reboot 8
or
.Xr halt 8 .
Generally, it is preferable to use
-.Xr reboot
+.Xr reboot 8
or
-.Xr halt
+.Xr halt 8
to shut down the system,
as they may perform additional actions
such as resynchronizing the hardware clock
and flushing internal caches before performing a final
-.Nm sync .
+.Nm "" .
.Pp
-.Nm Sync
-utilizes the
+The
+.Nm
+program simply invokes the
.Xr sync 2
-function call.
+system call.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr sync 2 ,
.Xr fsync 2 ,
@@ -70,6 +72,6 @@ function call.
.Xr update 8
.Sh HISTORY
A
-.Nm sync
+.Nm
command appeared in
.At v6 .