--- Makefile
+++ Makefile	2007-06-18 16:40:20.300899354 +0200
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ UBINPRG =
 
 ifeq ($(DISTRO),SuSE)
    UBINPRG += usleep
+   UBINPRG += fsync
 endif
 
 all: $(SBINPRG) $(UBINPRG)
@@ -72,8 +73,11 @@ checkproc:	checkproc.c libinit.o
 usleep:		usleep.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^
 
+fsync:		fsync.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+
 clean:
-	$(RM) *.o *~ killproc startproc checkproc pidofproc start_daemon usleep
+	$(RM) *.o *~ killproc startproc checkproc pidofproc start_daemon usleep fsync
 
 install:	$(TODO)
 	if test -n "$(SBINPRG)" ; then	\
@@ -116,6 +120,8 @@ FILES	= README      \
 	  libinit.h   \
 	  usleep.c    \
 	  usleep.1    \
+	  fsync.c    \
+	  fsync.1    \
 	  killproc-$(VERSION).lsm
 
 dest:
--- checkproc.c
+++ checkproc.c	2007-03-09 14:05:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	    if (remember_pids(pid_file,fullname,root,flags) < 0)
 		exit(LSB_PROOFX);
 
-	    if (!remember && (flags & KILL))
-		exit(LSB_NOPROC);	/* New LSB: no pid file is no job */
+	    if (!remember)
+		exit(LSB_STATUS_NOPROC);	/* New LSB: no pid file is no job */
 	}
 	/* No pid file means that we have to search in /proc/ */
 	free(pid_file);
--- fsync.1
+++ fsync.1	2007-06-18 16:45:14.768333714 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+.\"
+.\" Copyright 2007 Werner Fink, 2007 SuSE GmbH Nuernberg, Germany.
+.\"
+.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+.\" (at your option) any later version.
+.\"
+.TH FSYNC 1 "Jun 18, 2007" "Version 1.16" "The SuSE boot concept"
+.UC 1
+.SH NAME
+fsync \- synchronize the specified file with storage device
+.\"
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.\"
+.B fsync
+.I file
+.\"
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B fsync
+synchronize the in-core state of the specified file with the storage device
+.\"
+.SH BUGS
+The
+.B fsync
+program uses the
+.BR fsync (2)
+function and therefore shows the same weaknesses
+by any system activity.
+\."
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR fsync (2),
+.BR fdatasync (2).
+\."
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+2007 Werner Fink,
+2007 SuSE GmbH Nuernberg, Germany.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
--- fsync.c
+++ fsync.c	2007-06-18 16:37:20.393692218 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * fsync.c      File data sync for the specified file
+ *
+ * Usage:       fsync file
+ *
+ * Copyright 2007 Werner Fink, 2007 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Germany.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Author:      Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
+ */
+
+#ifndef  __USE_STRING_INLINES
+# define __USE_STRING_INLINES
+#endif
+#ifdef   __NO_STRING_INLINES
+# undef  __NO_STRING_INLINES
+#endif
+#ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#endif
+#include <string.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#define USAGE		"Usage:\t%s file\n", we_are
+
+static char *we_are;
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    int ret, fd, flags;
+    char *path, *dir = NULL;
+
+    if (argc != 2)
+	goto err;
+
+    if ((path = strdup(argv[1])) == (char*)0)
+	goto err;
+
+    dir  = dirname(path);
+    flags =  O_RDONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_NONBLOCK;
+
+    if (getuid() == 0)
+	flags |= O_NOATIME;
+
+    if ((fd = open(argv[1], flags)) < 0) {
+	if (errno != ENOENT)
+	    goto err;
+	if ((fd = open(dir, flags|O_DIRECTORY)) < 0)
+	    goto err;
+	ret = fsync(fd);
+	close(fd);
+	if (ret < 0)
+	    goto err;
+	if ((fd = open(argv[1], flags)) < 0)
+	    goto err;
+    }
+    ret = fsync(fd);
+    close(fd);
+    if (ret < 0)
+	goto err;
+
+    return 0;
+    /* Do this at the end for speed */
+err:
+    we_are = basename(argv[0]);
+    fprintf(stderr, USAGE);
+
+    if (argc > 1 && *(argv[1]) == '-') {
+	argv[1]++;
+	if (!strcmp(argv[1], "-help") || *(argv[1]) == 'h' || *(argv[1]) == '?') {
+	    fprintf(stderr, "Do a fsync(2) on the specified file.\n\n");
+	    fprintf(stderr, "Help options:\n");
+	    fprintf(stderr, "  -h, -?, --help    display this help and exit.\n");
+	    exit (0);
+	}
+    } else if (errno != 0)
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
+    exit (1);
+}