vmtouch

Manage the filesystem cache. More information: https://manned.org/vmtouch.

  • Print the cache status of a file:

vmtouch path/to/file

  • Load a file into cache:

vmtouch -t path/to/file

  • Evict a file from cache:

vmtouch -e path/to/file

  • Lock a file in cache to prevent eviction from memory:

vmtouch -l path/to/file

  • Lock a file and daemonize the program:

vmtouch -ld path/to/file