From 779bad1db77dc70a579fb4f674ddb49a66882d66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Wirzenius Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:59:51 +0100 Subject: Add README --- README | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..193b4ea --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -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 . + +=*= License: GPL-3+ =*= + -- cgit v1.2.1