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README for drop-caches
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`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
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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+ =*=
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