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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
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
COPYRIGHT
PROGRAMMER
SEE ALSO

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