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Manpage of MKSWAPFILE
MKSWAPFILE
Section: PUPS commands (1)
Updated: 16 April 2002
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NAME
MKSWAPFILE - Generate a (temporary) swap file and start swapping to it.
SYNOPSIS
mkswapfile <filename> <pages> <start>
>& <log file>
DESCRIPTION
mkswapfile(1)
creates a termporary swap file called
filename
which is
pages
in size. The size of each page in bytes is the same as the value
returned by the
getpagesize(2)
call. Once the swapfile has been created, it may be added to the
system swap space using
swapon(1).
If the
start
flag is specified,
swapon(1)
is called automatically by
mkswapfile(1)
OPTIONS
None.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
None.
COPYRIGHT
(C) Tumbling Dice Ltd.
PROGRAMMER
M.A. O'Neill.
SEE ALSO
swapon(1), getpagesize(2)
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
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- COPYRIGHT
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- PROGRAMMER
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- SEE ALSO
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