nocache
minimize the effect on the file system cache
The nocache tool tries to minimize the effect an application has on the Linux file system cache. This is done by intercepting the open and close system calls and calling posix_fadvise with the POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED parameter. Because the library remembers which pages (ie., 4K-blocks of the file) were already in file system cache when the file was opened, these will not be marked as "don't need", because other applications might need that, although they are not actively used (think: hot standby).
Use case: backup processes that should not interfere with the present state of the cache. BUT: Read the README on github or under the Help link on why you probably don't need this, and how to do what this tool does on a systemd system.Download
The easiest way to download and install this software is by the SailfishOS:Chum GUI app. If you wish to download the RPM file by yourself, please expand the section below.
Changelog
1.1-3 (2021-08-13)
- move to OBS/chum
Older changelogs
1.1-2 (2021-01-12)
- fix libexec location
1.1-2 (2021-01-12)
- first release
App information
- Package name
- nocache
- Version
- 1.2+git2-1.5.1.bso
- Licence
- BSD-2-Clause
- Last updated
- 2026-05-28 20:36:16
- Download size
- 33.2 KiB
- Installed size
- 233.8 KiB
- Checksum (sha256)
- 0b12a6bb12b337209ca07f458bf5ec243322ad540c64811e7ae3c4f48aec0572