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DateSat, 10 May 2008 00:11:24 +0200
FromAlejandro Riveira Fernández <>
SubjectRe: how to empty buffers/cache?
El Fri, 09 May 2008 21:49:47 +0000
Soeren Sonnenburg <kernel@nn7.de> escribió:
> Dear all,
> 
> I am trying to perform some benchmarks that involve reading the same big
> file a couple of times from disk. However I would want to make sure that
> the file is not buffered/cached by the kernel when I read the file a
> second/third/etc time.
> 
> Is there a way (except rebooting/unmounting the disk) to clear the
> buffers?

 echo 3  > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches IIRC
> 
> Thanks,
> Soeren
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