> >> drop_caches > > >> Writing to this will cause the kernel to drop clean caches, dentries > >> and inodes from memory, causing that memory to become free. > > >> To free pagecache: > >> echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches > >> To free dentries and inodes: > >> echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches > >> To free pagecache, dentries and inodes: > >> echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches > > >> As this is a non-destructive operation and dirty objects are not > >> freeable, the user should run `sync' first. > > Sascha > > [1] http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt Thank you! -- Know what I hate most? Rhetorical questions. -- Henry N. Camp
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