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+.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\" @(#)msync.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 9, 1993
+.Dt MSYNC 2
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm msync
+.Nd synchronize a mapped region
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fn msync "caddr_t addr" "int len"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn msync
+system call
+writes any modified pages back to the filesystem and updates
+the file modification time.
+If
+.Fa len
+is 0, all modified pages within the region containing
+.Fa addr
+will be flushed;
+if
+.Fa len
+is non-zero, only the pages containing
+.Fa addr
+and
+.Fa len
+succeeding locations will be examined.
+Any required synchronization of memory caches
+will also take place at this time.
+Filesystem operations on a file that is mapped for shared modifications
+are unpredictable except after an
+.Fn msync .
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr madvise 2 ,
+.Xr munmap 2 ,
+.Xr mprotect 2 ,
+.Xr mincore 2
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn msync
+function first appeared in 4.4BSD.
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