"sync" will write cached pages out to disk and free the memory.
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From: C.J. Oster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Linux Config <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 7:15 PM
Subject: free pages
> I'm haveing a weird sound driver problem and I think it has something to
> do with the amount of ram that if 'free' as opposed to 'cache'. Is there
> some way to tell the kernel to flush all the pages that are cached and
> call it free mem? Thanks.
>
> -CJO-
>
> C.J. Oster (Linux Guru/Surge Addict)
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