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serenity/Base/usr/share/man/man8/purge.md
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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