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author | Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi> | 2013-04-21 21:59:51 +0100 |
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committer | Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi> | 2013-04-21 21:59:51 +0100 |
commit | 779bad1db77dc70a579fb4f674ddb49a66882d66 (patch) | |
tree | ee7ca4e4633387172c5e5bb5233153f6bd45eef1 | |
download | drop-caches-779bad1db77dc70a579fb4f674ddb49a66882d66.tar.gz |
Add README
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@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +README for drop-caches +====================== + +`drop-caches` is a really simple utility that tells the kernel to +empty its disk caches, by writing the appropriate value to the +`/proc/sys/vm/drop_caches` file. The `drop-caches` utility could +be replaced with a simple `echo` command, except: + +1. I can't remember the full pathname of the proc file. +2. I can't remember the right value to write to the file. +3. Redirection doesn't work well with sudo. + +So I wrote a tiny utility for this. Sue me. + + +Legalese +-------- + +Copyright 2013 Lars Wirzenius + +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 3 of the License, or +(at your option) any later version. + +This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +GNU General Public License for more details. + +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. + +=*= License: GPL-3+ =*= + |