---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterwo...@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 9:04 PM Subject: Re: Clearing RAM Caches To: Tixy <t...@yxit.co.uk>
On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 4:12 AM Tixy <t...@yxit.co.uk> wrote: > On Mon, 2022-08-15 at 02:50 -0400, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > > When I run `sudo echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches` I receive the > following > > error: bash: /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches: Permission denied > > Because the output redirection occurs as your normal user, all you are > doing is executing the 'echo 1' command as the superuser. > > Thanks for the clarification. `echo 1 > sudo /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches` seems to work just fine. > -- > Tixy > > -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀ -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
