Commands tagged swapon (2)

  • create an emergency swapfile when the existing swap space is getting tight

    Create a temporary file that acts as swap space. In this example it's a 1GB file at the root of the file system. This additional capacity is added to the existing swap space. Show Sample Output


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    sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=1024000;sudo mkswap /swapfile; sudo swapon /swapfile
    dcabanis · 2009-05-27 21:10:50 12
  • Clean swap area after using a memory hogging application

    When you run a memory intensive application (VirtualBox, large java application, etc) swap area is used as soon as memory becomes insufficient. After you close the program, the data in swap is not put back on memory and that decreases the responsiveness. Swapoff disables the swap area and forces system to put swap data be placed in memory. Since running without a swap area might be detrimental, swapon should be used to activate swap again. Both swapoff and swapon require root privileges.


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    swapoff -a ; swapon -a
    alperyilmaz · 2009-03-25 03:30:41 16

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