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Created October 29, 2011 22:23
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Free page cache, inodes and dentries cache
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# flush file system buffers (cache > disk)
sudo sync
# free page cache
sudo -s "echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches"
# free inodes and dentries cache
sudo -s "echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches"
# free page cache, inodes and dentries cache
sudo -s "echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches"
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