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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Clearing memory cache on Linux server Post 302809199 by MadeInGermany on Saturday 18th of May 2013 04:52:33 PM
Old 05-18-2013
Please don't blame Linux - it is a holy cow!
In my experience it does not have a negative impact.
But you'll need to reset drop_caches to 0 if you ever want to flush it again. It only flushes at a change from 0 to 1
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PSTOPDF(1)							      ConTeXt								PSTOPDF(1)

NAME
pstopdf - convert EPS to PDF SYNOPSIS
pstopdf [ OPTION ... ] FILE [ ... ] DESCRIPTION
pstopdf converts EPS (encapsulated PostScript) to PDF. OPTIONS
--help Print usage and version information. --convert Convert EPS to PDF. This option is assumed if none is given. --method=string What method to use for bounding boxes when converting to PDF. Specify one of crop, bounded (the default), or raw. Older versions of ConTeXt used numerical methods (1, 2, or 3). --resolution=string The resolution to use when when converting to pdf. Specify one of low, normal, medium, high, printer, print, screen, ebook, or default. --request Handle exa request file. --watch Watch folders for conversions (untested). EXAMPLES
To make cow.pdf: pstopdf cow.eps or (one of several equivalents): pstopdf --convert cow.eps cow.pdf SEE ALSO
epstopdf(1), mptopdf(1), ps2pdf(1), texexec(1). ConTeXt wiki <http://www.contextgarden.net>. AUTHOR
This (incomplete) manual page was written by Sanjoy Mahajan <sanjoy@mit.edu>. It is in the public domain. pstopdf 2.0 December 2006 PSTOPDF(1)
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