% FLASHCACHE_DESTROY(8) flashcache_destroy
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% September 2011

# NAME

flashcache_destroy - destroy an existing flashcache volume


# DESCRIPTION

The purpose of the **flashcache_destroy** command is to Clear all meta data from
cache device. Beware, this will cause data loss on the affected devices. 


# SYNOPSIS

flashcache_destroy *cache_devname*


# EXAMPLE

flashcache_destroy */dev/sdc*
:   Destroy the existing cache on /dev/sdc. All data is lost!


# SEE ALSO

`flashcache_create`(8), `flashcache_load`(8)

*README* and other documents in **/usr/share/doc/flashcache-utils**

The flashcache source code and all documentation may be downloaded from
<https://github.com/facebook/flashcache/>.


# AUTHORS

Flashcache is developed by Mohan Srinivasan <mohan@fb.com>

This man page was written by Dmitry Smirnov <onlyjob@member.fsf.org>
for Debian GNU/Linux (but may be used by others).