[root@www chat]# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 15830 15600 229 0 216 14493
-/+ buffers/cache: 890 14939
Swap: 7983 0 7983
[root@www chat]# echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
[root@www chat]# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 15830 506 15323 0 1 27
-/+ buffers/cache: 477 15352
Swap: 7983 0 7983
[root@www chat]# echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches