Ralph Katz <ralph.k...@rcn.com> writes: > On 07/11/2015 08:55 PM, David Wright wrote: >> Quoting Rodolfo Medina (rodolfo.med...@gmail.com): >> >>> I simply want to speed up the natural process through which the machine >>> itself gets back to working normally as before, like someone that breaths >>> with difficulty after a tremendous scare and it takes time to get breathing >>> normally again. I was asking if any command exists, to shorten that. I >>> though `sync' was it, but isn't. >> >> sync merely flushes the buffers waiting to be written. >> > > [...] > I once had a similar situation with a slow computer and found clearing > swap guaranteed nothing unneeded would remain. > > Close the browser, then: > #swapoff -a && swapon -a > > $ man swapoff before you try this. Your mileage may vary...
Thanks. It seems to work, and to be what I was looking for... Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87h9p9jr7t....@gmail.com
