purge

Name

purge - release memory

Synopsis

$ purge [options]

Description

This program instructs the kernel to release memory that can be released without interacting with its userspace owner(s).

Options

• -c: Release all clean inode-backed memory.
• -v: Release all purgeable memory currently marked volatile.

If no options are specified, all possible memory is released.

Examples

# purge
Purged page count: 744