Re: Purging the Page Table (was: Purging the Buffer Cache)

2000-12-27 Thread Jamie Lokier
Al Peat wrote: > > > Is there any way to completely purge the buffer > > > cache -- not just the write requests (ala 'sync' > > or > > > 'update'), but the whole thing? Can I just call > > > invalidate_buffers() or destroy_buffers()? Try this script: case "`id -u`" in 0) ;; *) echo Only r

Re: Purging the Page Table (was: Purging the Buffer Cache)

2000-12-21 Thread Al Peat
--- Juri Haberland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Al Peat wrote: > > > > Is there any way to completely purge the buffer > > cache -- not just the write requests (ala 'sync' > or > > 'update'), but the whole thing? Can I just call > > invalidate_buffers() or destroy_buffers()? > > What about the

Re: Purging the Buffer Cache

2000-12-20 Thread Juri Haberland
Al Peat wrote: > > Is there any way to completely purge the buffer > cache -- not just the write requests (ala 'sync' or > 'update'), but the whole thing? Can I just call > invalidate_buffers() or destroy_buffers()? > > I know, why in the world would a person do such a > thing? Research.

Purging the Buffer Cache

2000-12-19 Thread Al Peat
Is there any way to completely purge the buffer cache -- not just the write requests (ala 'sync' or 'update'), but the whole thing? Can I just call invalidate_buffers() or destroy_buffers()? I know, why in the world would a person do such a thing? Research. It'd be easier for me to write a