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bdflush.2, fsync.2, sync.2, proc.5: It's sync(1), not sync(8)

PATCH In review Adrian Bunk 2 participants 2 messages Jul 31, 2014 – Aug 1, 2014 1 message not in the archive Man-pages: manual pages for Linux -- Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7

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PATCH 1/1 bdflush.2, fsync.2, sync.2, proc.5: It's sync(1), not sync(8)

This seems to be a remnant from the times when man-pages shipped a sync(8).

Signed-off-by Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
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 man2/bdflush.2 | 2 +-
 man2/fsync.2   | 2 +-
 man2/sync.2    | 2 +-
 man5/proc.5    | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
man2/bdflush.2 +1 -1
index 7b7f28c..c44dd4f 100644
@@ -119,4 +119,4 @@ intended to be portable.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR fsync (2),
 .BR sync (2),
-.BR sync (8)
+.BR sync (1)
man2/fsync.2 +1 -1
index 630e90a..ec2f710 100644
@@ -166,4 +166,4 @@ to guarantee safe operation.
 .BR sync_file_range (2),
 .BR hdparm (8),
 .BR mount (8),
-.BR sync (8)
+.BR sync (1)
man2/sync.2 +1 -1
index f21a38b..3547bec 100644
@@ -120,4 +120,4 @@ large caches.)
 .BR bdflush (2),
 .BR fdatasync (2),
 .BR fsync (2),
-.BR sync (8)
+.BR sync (1)
man5/proc.5 +1 -1
index 040db32..2c1afde 100644
@@ -3731,7 +3731,7 @@ To free pagecache, dentries and inodes, use:
 Because writing to this file is a nondestructive operation and dirty objects
 are not freeable, the
 user should run
-.BR sync (8)
+.BR sync (1)
 first.
 .TP
 .IR /proc/sys/vm/legacy_va_layout " (since Linux 2.6.9)"
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2.0.0

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Quoted 2 lines · Adrian Bunk

This seems to be a remnant from the times when man-pages shipped a sync(8).

Thanks, Adrian. Applied.

Cheers,

Michael

Quoted 52 lines
Signed-off-by Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
---
 man2/bdflush.2 | 2 +-
 man2/fsync.2   | 2 +-
 man2/sync.2    | 2 +-
 man5/proc.5    | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
man2/bdflush.2 +1 -1
index 7b7f28c..c44dd4f 100644
@@ -119,4 +119,4 @@ intended to be portable.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR fsync (2),
 .BR sync (2),
-.BR sync (8)
+.BR sync (1)
man2/fsync.2 +1 -1
index 630e90a..ec2f710 100644
@@ -166,4 +166,4 @@ to guarantee safe operation.
 .BR sync_file_range (2),
 .BR hdparm (8),
 .BR mount (8),
-.BR sync (8)
+.BR sync (1)
man2/sync.2 +1 -1
index f21a38b..3547bec 100644
@@ -120,4 +120,4 @@ large caches.)
 .BR bdflush (2),
 .BR fdatasync (2),
 .BR fsync (2),
-.BR sync (8)
+.BR sync (1)
man5/proc.5 +1 -1
index 040db32..2c1afde 100644
@@ -3731,7 +3731,7 @@ To free pagecache, dentries and inodes, use:
 Because writing to this file is a nondestructive operation and dirty objects
 are not freeable, the
 user should run
-.BR sync (8)
+.BR sync (1)
 first.
 .TP
 .IR /proc/sys/vm/legacy_va_layout " (since Linux 2.6.9)"
Signature · 7 lines
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
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