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For example, when someone ask for a command to list files, and another one reply with a command that removes everything.
Or
Why stop there
(Do not run this)
What does sync do?
Makes sure all writes are flushed to disk
On reflection probably not needed as I think reboot does that too
Ah sync from RAM to disk?
Sync the internal drive cache with the disk. IIRC