On 7/12/23 12:30 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 7/11/23 20:39, home user wrote:
Ron's tests showed that my suspicion was correct: an inappropriate (in my opinion) short cut was being used. So, Roberto, short cuts are sometimes used. Ron also provided the solution, doing as root:
sync ; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
This isn't a "shortcut" and has nothing to do with diff itself. This is a normal operating system function to make things work much better. There's a reason there are caches.
I understand. Thank-you for the clarifications and reminders. I do know the value of cache, but this is one situation where it can occasionally do more harm than good.
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