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+ =*=