tldr/pages/linux/fadvise.md

# fadvise

> Control Linux file caching behavior.
> More information: <https://manned.org/fadvise>.

- Preload a file into cache:

`fadvise {{[-a|--advice]}} willneeded {{path/to/file}}`

- Suggest dropping a file from cache:

`fadvise {{path/to/file}}`

- Display help:

`fadvise {{[-h|--help]}}`
fadvise: add page (#15365) Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Wiktor Perskawiec <git@spageektti.cc> 2024-12-28 13:49:51 +02:00			`# fadvise`

			`> Control Linux file caching behavior.`
			`> More information: <https://manned.org/fadvise>.`

			`- Preload a file into cache:`

fadvise: fix example (#16271) Update fadvise.md 2025-04-27 15:22:13 +03:00			`fadvise {{[-a\|--advice]}} willneeded {{path/to/file}}`
fadvise: add page (#15365) Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Wiktor Perskawiec <git@spageektti.cc> 2024-12-28 13:49:51 +02:00
			`- Suggest dropping a file from cache:`

			`fadvise {{path/to/file}}`

			`- Display help:`

*: add help example (#15981) 2025-03-26 00:36:41 +02:00			`fadvise {{[-h\|--help]}}`