On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 12:30 AM, Linda A. Walsh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Was there some reason that [drop_cache] patch got dropped? > It was only ever a diff in the patches repository, and I dropped it because it was too much of a kluge for a file copy program to have in its code (especially the updated version that had a delayed block-dropping loop or some such). I like the concept of a general tool that can make any program drop its file use from the cache, and the nocache program that Holger cites looks like a nice solution for that (judging by its docs -- I haven't tried it yet). ..wayne..
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