Hrvoje Niksic wrote: > Nick Craig-Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> If you are running linux > 2.6.18 then you can use >> /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches for exactly that purpose. >> >> http://www.linuxinsight.com/proc_sys_vm_drop_caches.html > > That URL claims that you need to run "sync" before dropping the cache, > and so do other resources. I wonder if that means that dropping the > cache is unsafe on a running system.
Good grief. Just let the operating system do its job, for Pete's sake, and go find something else to obsess about. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden --------------- Asciimercial ------------------ Get on the web: Blog, lens and tag the Internet Many services currently offer free registration ----------- Thank You for Reading ------------- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
