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.\" Copyright 1992 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
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.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
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.TH UPDATE 8 "20 November 1993" "Linux 0.99" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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update \- periodically flush Linux filesystem buffers
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B update [ interval ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B update
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executes
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.BR sync (2)
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every
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.I interval
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seconds. By default, the
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.I interval
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is 30 seconds. It is generally started at boot time in
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.IR /etc/rc .
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR sync (2),
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.BR sync (8),
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.BR init (8)
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.SH AUTHOR
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Linus Torvalds (torvalds@cs.helsinki.fi)
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.br
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With modifications by Rick Sladkey (jrs@world.std.com)
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