cachedel(1)

cachedel1

Drop pagecache for a file

Usage

cachedel [-n <n>] file

Options

-n <n> "Repeat system call"

Will call posix_fadvise(POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED) <n> in a row.

Overview

Call posix_fadvise(POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED) on file.

Releases

Unchanged in 6 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie).

  1. 8–13

From nocache 1.2-0.1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.