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me (meta debug)

Protocols: memcached meta

Dumps internal metadata for a single key. The exact field set is debug-grade and may change between releases.

Synopsis

me <key> [b]\r\n

Response

Token Meaning
ME <key> exp=<sec> la=<sec> cas=<u64> fetch=1 cls=1 size=<bytes> Hit
EN Miss

Where:

  • exp — seconds until expiry (-1 = never)
  • la — seconds since last access
  • cas — current CAS token
  • cls — synthetic slab class (always 1 in fastcached)
  • size — value size in bytes

Example

> set k 0 60 5\r\nhello\r\n
< STORED
> me k
< ME k exp=60 la=0 cas=1 fetch=1 cls=1 size=5