Added a update(4) man page to describe the kernel initiated update

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+.\" Copyright (c) 1996
+.\"	Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>.  All rights reserved.
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+.Dd February 11, 1996
+.Dt UPDATE 4
+.Os FreeBSD
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm update
+.Nd flush internal filesystem caches to disk frequently
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm update
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm update
+kernel process helps protect the integrity of disk volumes
+by flushing
+volatile cached filesystem data
+to disk at thirty second intervals.
+.Nm Update
+does the equivalent of the 
+.Xr sync 2
+function call to do the task.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr sync 2 ,
+.Xr fsck 8 ,
+.Xr init 8 ,
+.Xr rc 8 ,
+.Xr sync 8
+.Sh BUGS
+It is possible on some systems that a
+.Xr sync
+occurring simultaneously with a crash may cause
+file system damage. See
+.Xr fsck 8 .
+.Sh HISTORY
+An
+.Nm update
+command appeared in
+.At v6 ,
+and was usually started by /etc/rc when the system went multi-user.
+.Nm Update
+was turned into a kernel initiated process in FreeBSD 2.0.