[Tfug] Purging the Linux Cache

[A. Chris Hilton]

>From 2.6.16 on you can do this with /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches.

1 free pagecache
2 free dentries and inodes
3 free pagecache, dentries and inodes

Run sync first and set the value back to 0 when you are finished.

-C-

> Is there any way to purge the Linux cache?  I find no Linux utilities or
> header files.
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>
> free
>              total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
> Mem:        516240     398852     117388          0      31992     294308
> -/+ buffers/cache:      72552     443688
> Swap:      2064304         24    2064280
>
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