SWAPON
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NAME
swapon
,
swapoff
- enable/disable devices and files for paging and swapping
SYNOPSIS
swapon
-a
swapon
special_file ...
swapoff
-a
swapoff
special_file ...
DESCRIPTION
Swapon
is used to specify devices on which paging and swapping
are to take place.
Calls to
swapon
normally occur in the system multi-user initialization file
/etc/rc
making all swap devices available, so that the paging and swapping
activity is interleaved across several devices and files.
Normally, the first form is used:
- -a
-
All devices marked as ``sw''
swap devices in
/etc/fstab
are made available.
Swapoff
disables swapping on the specified devices and files, or on all swap
entries in
/etc/fstab
when the
-a
flag is given.
SEE ALSO
swapon(2),
swapoff(2),
fstab(8),
init(8),
mkswap(8),
rc(8)
FILES
- /dev/hd[ab]?
-
standard paging devices
- /etc/fstab
-
ascii filesystem description table
HISTORY
The
swapon
command appeared in
BSD 4.0
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