sync(8) on macOS
The text c34d96b3ba5f, as Mac OS X 10.5.8, Mac OS X 10.5.7, Mac OS X 10.5.6, Mac OS X 10.5.5, Mac OS X 10.5.4, Mac OS X 10.5.3, Mac OS X 10.5.2, Mac OS X 10.5.1, Mac OS X 10.5 shipped it.
force completion of pending disk writes (flush cache)