Re: PostgreSQL Cache

On Mon, 29 Sep 2008, Sam Mason wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 02:55:52AM -0400, Greg Smith wrote:
>> 3) sudo echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
>
> I'm not sure about the rest, but shouldn't this be:
>  echo 3 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

I couldn't think of any reason to actually include the tee in there and
just optimized displaying the "3" out as script noise.

> As an aside, it would be nicer if there was a more appropriately program
> than tee but I've yet to find one.

What are you trying to accomplish here that tee isn't quite right for?

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