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33.\" $FreeBSD: head/lib/libc/sys/fsync.2 108087 2002-12-19 09:40:28Z ru $
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35.Dd June 4, 1993
36.Dt FSYNC 2
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm fsync
40.Nd "synchronise changes to a file"
41.Sh LIBRARY

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63.Sh RETURN VALUES
64.Rv -std fsync
65.Sh ERRORS
66The
67.Fn fsync
68fails if:
69.Bl -tag -width Er
70.It Bq Er EBADF
34.\"
35.Dd June 4, 1993
36.Dt FSYNC 2
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm fsync
40.Nd "synchronise changes to a file"
41.Sh LIBRARY

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63.Sh RETURN VALUES
64.Rv -std fsync
65.Sh ERRORS
66The
67.Fn fsync
68fails if:
69.Bl -tag -width Er
70.It Bq Er EBADF
71The
71.Fa fd
72.Fa fd
73argument
72is not a valid descriptor.
73.It Bq Er EINVAL
74is not a valid descriptor.
75.It Bq Er EINVAL
76The
74.Fa fd
77.Fa fd
78argument
75refers to a socket, not to a file.
76.It Bq Er EIO
77An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
78.El
79.Sh SEE ALSO
80.Xr sync 2 ,
81.Xr syncer 4 ,
82.Xr sync 8
83.Sh HISTORY
84The
85.Fn fsync
86system call appeared in
87.Bx 4.2 .
79refers to a socket, not to a file.
80.It Bq Er EIO
81An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
82.El
83.Sh SEE ALSO
84.Xr sync 2 ,
85.Xr syncer 4 ,
86.Xr sync 8
87.Sh HISTORY
88The
89.Fn fsync
90system call appeared in
91.Bx 4.2 .