RE: Is there a way to turn file caching off ?

From: David Schwartz (davids@webmaster.com)
Date: Tue Apr 17 2001 - 23:56:29 EST

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> Is there a way to turn file caching off, or at least limit its size ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Laurent Chavet

What benefit do you think you would get by limiting its size? All that
would do is ensure you hit the cache thrashing point sooner.

DS

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