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The Wednesday 2007-05-09 at 10:29 +1000, Registration Account wrote:
> Carlos,
> Exactly the response I was looking for. After having to deal with the
> appalling memory management of other PC O/S you have answered the
> question perfectly.
>
> However, I now need to know is there a process that removes items from
> cache after a period of time or will available memory be used to cache
> continually without being flushed.
Memory used to cache some thing will stay that way unless there is a
better use for it, as far as I know. If a program demands memory and there
is not sufficient free memory, some cache will be freed instantly and used
for that. Or, if new files are read, older cache will be reused for those
new files. Roughly.
Now, to learn the exact algorithm that decides all this you have to study
the kernel... and it is a moving target. I don't know the details.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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