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From: Brian Inglis <Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSW DOT Invalid>
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 06:42:06 +0200 in comp.os.msdos.djgpp, "Eli
Zaretskii" <eliz AT gnu DOT org> wrote:

>> From: Brian Inglis <Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSW DOT Invalid>
>> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 06:45:44 GMT
>> 
>> On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 06:42:42 +0200 in comp.os.msdos.djgpp, "Eli
>> Zaretskii" <eliz AT gnu DOT org> wrote:
>> 
>> >> From: Brian Inglis <Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSW DOT Invalid>
>> >> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 00:41:02 GMT
>> >> 
>> >> Is there any documented common interface to bypass/disable/reenable a
>> >> cache under DOS/Windows, so I can get raw I/O speeds? 
>> >
>> >You could force the cache to flush its buffers by calling the library
>> >function _flush_disk_cache.
>> 
>> Saw that: looks like it just flushes buffered writes, not all buffered
>> data read. 
>
>On what OS?

In flushdc.{c,txh} and RBIL. 
None of them say that the list of all cached blocks is cleared, or
that caching is disabled. 

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Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis 	Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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