History log of /src/bin/sync/sync.8 (Results 1 – 25 of 63)
Revision Date Author Comments
# 177ba183 23-Apr-2024 Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>

sync.8: Document that the "sync dance" is not a thing

People still believe that it is essential to run sync(8) a couple of
times before a reboot/halt. Document that this has not been necessary
for a

sync.8: Document that the "sync dance" is not a thing

People still believe that it is essential to run sync(8) a couple of
times before a reboot/halt. Document that this has not been necessary
for a long time now.

Reviewed by: imp, bcr, Pau Amma <pauamma@gundo.com>
MFC after: 3 days
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D33233

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# 90aea514 23-Nov-2023 Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>

bin: Remove ancient SCCS tags.

Remove ancient SCCS tags from the tree, automated scripting, with two
minor fixup to keep things compiling. All the common forms in the tree
were removed with a perl s

bin: Remove ancient SCCS tags.

Remove ancient SCCS tags from the tree, automated scripting, with two
minor fixup to keep things compiling. All the common forms in the tree
were removed with a perl script.

Sponsored by: Netflix

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# b2c76c41 16-Aug-2023 Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>

Remove $FreeBSD$: one-line nroff pattern

Remove /^\.\\"\s*\$FreeBSD\$$\n/


# 177ba183 23-Apr-2024 Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>

sync.8: Document that the "sync dance" is not a thing

People still believe that it is essential to run sync(8) a couple of
times before a reboot/halt. Document that this has not been necessary
for a

sync.8: Document that the "sync dance" is not a thing

People still believe that it is essential to run sync(8) a couple of
times before a reboot/halt. Document that this has not been necessary
for a long time now.

Reviewed by: imp, bcr, Pau Amma <pauamma@gundo.com>
MFC after: 3 days
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D33233

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# 90aea514 23-Nov-2023 Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>

bin: Remove ancient SCCS tags.

Remove ancient SCCS tags from the tree, automated scripting, with two
minor fixup to keep things compiling. All the common forms in the tree
were removed with a perl s

bin: Remove ancient SCCS tags.

Remove ancient SCCS tags from the tree, automated scripting, with two
minor fixup to keep things compiling. All the common forms in the tree
were removed with a perl script.

Sponsored by: Netflix

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# b2c76c41 16-Aug-2023 Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>

Remove $FreeBSD$: one-line nroff pattern

Remove /^\.\\"\s*\$FreeBSD\$$\n/


# 348238db 01-Mar-2017 Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org>

Merge ^/head r314420 through r314481.


# fbbd9655 28-Feb-2017 Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>

Renumber copyright clause 4

Renumber cluase 4 to 3, per what everybody else did when BSD granted
them permission to remove clause 3. My insistance on keeping the same
numbering for legal reasons is

Renumber copyright clause 4

Renumber cluase 4 to 3, per what everybody else did when BSD granted
them permission to remove clause 3. My insistance on keeping the same
numbering for legal reasons is too pedantic, so give up on that point.

Submitted by: Jan Schaumann <jschauma@stevens.edu>
Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/pull/96

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# 348238db 01-Mar-2017 Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org>

Merge ^/head r314420 through r314481.


# fbbd9655 28-Feb-2017 Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>

Renumber copyright clause 4

Renumber cluase 4 to 3, per what everybody else did when BSD granted
them permission to remove clause 3. My insistance on keeping the same
numbering for legal reasons is

Renumber copyright clause 4

Renumber cluase 4 to 3, per what everybody else did when BSD granted
them permission to remove clause 3. My insistance on keeping the same
numbering for legal reasons is too pedantic, so give up on that point.

Submitted by: Jan Schaumann <jschauma@stevens.edu>
Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/pull/96

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# 9ddb49cb 10-Jan-2005 Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>

/*- or .\"- or #- to begin license clauses.


# 6195fb41 06-Apr-2004 Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org>

Remove clause 3 from the UCB licenses.

OK'ed by: imp, core


# 4690560d 06-Jul-2002 Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>

The .Nm utility


# 1114f201 03-Jun-2002 Tim J. Robbins <tjr@FreeBSD.org>

Correct History: sync(8) appeared in V4.


# caa2db3b 10-Jul-2001 Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>

mdoc(7) police: removed HISTORY info from the .Os call.


# 8fa5674d 24-May-2001 Dima Dorfman <dd@FreeBSD.org>

Spelling police: insure -> ensure

PR: 27600
Submitted by: Iain Templeton <iain@ugh.net.au>


# be8b1497 20-Nov-2000 Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>

mdoc(7) police: use the new features of the Nm macro.


# a6b65102 19-Jul-2000 Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>

Update stale references to update(4) with references to the new
syncer(4) manual page.


# 2a456239 27-Aug-1999 Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org>

$Id$ -> $FreeBSD$


# 44dc619e 18-May-1998 Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>

Correct use of .Nm. Add section number to .Xr references. Add rcsid.


# b97fa2ef 22-Feb-1997 Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org>

Revert $FreeBSD$ to $Id$


# 1130b656 14-Jan-1997 Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org>

Make the long-awaited change from $Id$ to $FreeBSD$

This will make a number of things easier in the future, as well as (finally!)
avoiding the Id-smashing problem which has plagued developers for so

Make the long-awaited change from $Id$ to $FreeBSD$

This will make a number of things easier in the future, as well as (finally!)
avoiding the Id-smashing problem which has plagued developers for so long.

Boy, I'm glad we're not using sup anymore. This update would have been
insane otherwise.

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# af202156 13-Jan-1997 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>

Sort cross references.


# 3656c5f4 12-Feb-1996 Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>

Added a update(4) man page to describe the kernel initiated update
process and changed all of the old references to update(8) to update(4).


# 89730b29 24-Sep-1994 David Greenman <dg@FreeBSD.org>

Added $Id$


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