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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2013-08-08 08:04:26 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2013-08-08 08:04:26 +0200
commitaeb7e78817ead3e4482808a0183d0088f87b9758 (patch)
treea41362036c327b77df4db574ee0e2cda7e5df1b9 /man5
parent4d96fe333cb9f9c5cb30b9701a27a90db9b60e84 (diff)
proc.5: ffix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man5')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index b8dbc6ed..fc91b503 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -3253,12 +3253,17 @@ cache management.
Writing to this file causes the kernel to drop clean caches, dentries and
inodes from memory, causing that memory to become free.
-To free pagecache, use
-.IR "echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches" ;
-to free dentries and inodes, use
-.IR "echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches" ;
-to free pagecache, dentries and inodes, use
-.IR "echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches" .
+To free pagecache, use:
+
+ echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
+
+To free dentries and inodes, use:
+
+ echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
+
+To free pagecache, dentries and inodes, use:
+
+ echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
Because this is a nondestructive operation and dirty objects
are not freeable, the