>> Someone suggested cat [1|3] >/proc/sys/vm/drop_caches. > > echo, not cat. It does work every time, whether you see anything > obvious or not. And if you want to reclaim inodes, then you want > "echo 2 > ..." ---- Erk...meant echo... too much draino on the braino (doesn't 3 include '2'? I thought it was a bit mask?) > freeze/thaw should do what you want without affecting anything > running on the fs at all. --- Thanks... will have to remember / script that .. Have seen the space not drop for hours!....(literally).. _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs