1 /* sync - update the super block
2 Copyright (C) 1994-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
7 (at your option) any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17 /* Written by Jim Meyering */
22 #include <sys/types.h>
26 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no 'g' prefix). */
27 #define PROGRAM_NAME "sync"
30 proper_name ("Jim Meyering"), \
31 proper_name ("Giuseppe Scrivano")
34 # define HAVE_SYNCFS 0
45 static struct option
const long_options
[] =
47 {"data", no_argument
, nullptr, 'd'},
48 {"file-system", no_argument
, nullptr, 'f'},
49 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL
},
50 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL
},
51 {nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0}
57 if (status
!= EXIT_SUCCESS
)
61 printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION] [FILE]...\n"), program_name
);
63 Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage\n\
65 If one or more files are specified, sync only them,\n\
66 or their containing file systems.\n\
71 -d, --data sync only file data, no unneeded metadata\n\
74 -f, --file-system sync the file systems that contain the files\n\
77 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
78 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
79 emit_ancillary_info (PROGRAM_NAME
);
84 /* Sync the specified FILE, or file systems associated with FILE.
85 Return 1 on success. */
88 sync_arg (enum sync_mode mode
, char const *file
)
91 int open_flags
= O_RDONLY
| O_NONBLOCK
;
94 #if defined _AIX || defined __CYGWIN__
95 /* AIX 7.1, CYGWIN 2.9.0, fsync requires write access to file. */
96 if (mode
== MODE_FILE
)
97 open_flags
= O_WRONLY
| O_NONBLOCK
;
100 /* Note O_PATH might be supported with syncfs(),
101 though as of Linux 3.18 is not. */
102 fd
= open (file
, open_flags
);
105 /* Use the O_RDONLY errno, which is significant
106 with directories for example. */
107 int rd_errno
= errno
;
108 if (open_flags
!= (O_WRONLY
| O_NONBLOCK
))
109 fd
= open (file
, O_WRONLY
| O_NONBLOCK
);
112 error (0, rd_errno
, _("error opening %s"), quoteaf (file
));
117 /* We used O_NONBLOCK above to not hang with fifos,
118 so reset that here. */
119 int fdflags
= fcntl (fd
, F_GETFL
);
121 || fcntl (fd
, F_SETFL
, fdflags
& ~O_NONBLOCK
) < 0)
123 error (0, errno
, _("couldn't reset non-blocking mode %s"),
130 int sync_status
= -1;
135 sync_status
= fdatasync (fd
);
139 sync_status
= fsync (fd
);
143 case MODE_FILE_SYSTEM
:
144 sync_status
= syncfs (fd
);
154 error (0, errno
, _("error syncing %s"), quoteaf (file
));
161 error (0, errno
, _("failed to close %s"), quoteaf (file
));
169 main (int argc
, char **argv
)
173 bool arg_data
= false, arg_file_system
= false;
177 initialize_main (&argc
, &argv
);
178 set_program_name (argv
[0]);
179 setlocale (LC_ALL
, "");
180 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE
, LOCALEDIR
);
181 textdomain (PACKAGE
);
183 atexit (close_stdout
);
185 while ((c
= getopt_long (argc
, argv
, "df", long_options
, nullptr))
195 arg_file_system
= true;
198 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR
;
200 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME
, AUTHORS
);
203 usage (EXIT_FAILURE
);
207 args_specified
= optind
< argc
;
209 if (arg_data
&& arg_file_system
)
210 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0,
211 _("cannot specify both --data and --file-system"));
213 if (!args_specified
&& arg_data
)
214 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, _("--data needs at least one argument"));
216 if (! args_specified
|| (arg_file_system
&& ! HAVE_SYNCFS
))
218 else if (arg_file_system
)
219 mode
= MODE_FILE_SYSTEM
;
225 if (mode
== MODE_SYNC
)
229 for (; optind
< argc
; optind
++)
230 ok
&= sync_arg (mode
, argv
[optind
]);
233 return ok
? EXIT_SUCCESS
: EXIT_FAILURE
;