NAME
fsync - synchronize a file's complete in-core state with
that on disk
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
int fsync(int fd));
DESCRIPTION
fsync copies all in-core parts of a file to disk.
In some applications, fdatasync is a more efficient alterna-
tive to fsync.
RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and
errno is set appropriately.
ERRORS
EBADF fd is not a valid file descriptor open for writing.
EROFS, EINVAL
fd is bound to a special file which does not support
synchronization.
EIO An error occurred during synchronization.
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1b (formerly POSIX.4)
SEE ALSO
bdflush(2), fdatasync(2), sync(2), update(8), sync(8)