RE: how to flush out cache.?

From: Jan Mikkelsen (janm_at_transactionware.com)
Date: 04/24/04

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    To: "'Julian Elischer'" <julian@elischer.org>, <hackers@freebsd.org>
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 15:40:30 +1000

    Julian Elischer wrote:
    > Other than reading a few GB of data, is there a way to flush
    > out the cache copy of a file I've written?

    I don't know how this will fit into your application, but unmounting and
    remounting the filesystem is a way that springs to mind. Perhaps not as
    isloated as you'd like, but still ...

    Regards,

    Jan Mikkelsen
    janm@transactionware.com

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