mosesdecoder/contrib/moses-speedtest/sys_drop_caches.py
2014-06-10 16:28:46 +01:00

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#!/usr/bin/spython
from sys import argv, stderr, exit
from os import linesep as ls
procfile = "/proc/sys/vm/drop_caches"
options = ["1","2","3"]
flush_type = None
try:
flush_type = argv[1][0:1]
if not flush_type in options:
raise IndexError, "not in options"
with open(procfile, "w") as f:
f.write("%s%s" % (flush_type,ls))
exit(0)
except IndexError, e:
stderr.write("Argument %s required.%s" % (options, ls))
except IOError, e:
stderr.write("Error writing to file.%s" % ls)
except StandardError, e:
stderr.write("Unknown Error.%s" % ls)
exit(1)