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4.8 KiB
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190 lines
4.8 KiB
Groff
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.\" @(#)swapon.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd June 23, 2008
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.Dt SWAPON 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm swapon , swapoff , swapctl
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.Nd "specify devices for paging and swapping"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm swapon Fl aq | Ar
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.Nm swapoff Fl aq | Ar
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.Nm swapctl
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.Op Fl AghklmsU
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.Oo
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.Fl a Ar
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.Fl d Ar
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.Oc
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm swapon , swapoff
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and
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.Nm swapctl
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utilities are used to control swap devices in the system.
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At boot time all swap entries in
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.Pa /etc/fstab
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are added automatically when the system goes multi-user.
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Swap devices use a fixed interleave; the maximum number of devices
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is specified by the kernel configuration option
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.Dv NSWAPDEV ,
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which is typically set to 4.
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There is no priority mechanism.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm swapon
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utility adds the specified swap devices to the system.
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If the
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.Fl a
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option is used, all swap devices in
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.Pa /etc/fstab
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will be added, unless their
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.Dq noauto
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option is also set.
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If the
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.Fl q
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option is used informational messages will not be
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written to standard output when a swap device is added.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm swapoff
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utility removes the specified swap devices from the system.
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If the
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.Fl a
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option is used, all swap devices in
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.Pa /etc/fstab
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will be removed, unless their
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.Dq noauto
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option is also set.
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If the
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.Fl q
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option is used informational messages will not be
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written to standard output when a swap device is removed.
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Note that
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.Nm swapoff
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will fail and refuse to remove a swap device if there is insufficient
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VM (memory + remaining swap devices) to run the system.
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The
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.Nm swapoff
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utility
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must move swapped pages out of the device being removed which could
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lead to high system loads for a period of time, depending on how
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much data has been swapped out to that device.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm swapctl
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utility exists primarily for those familiar with other
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.Bx Ns s
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and may be
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used to add, remove, or list swap devices.
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Note that the
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.Fl a
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option is used differently in
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.Nm swapctl
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and indicates that a specific list of devices should be added.
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The
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.Fl d
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option indicates that a specific list should be removed.
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The
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.Fl A
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and
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.Fl U
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options to
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.Nm swapctl
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operate on all swap entries in
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.Pa /etc/fstab
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which do not have their
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.Dq noauto
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option set.
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.Pp
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Swap information can be generated using the
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.Xr swapinfo 8
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utility,
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.Nm pstat
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.Fl s ,
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or
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.Nm swapctl
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.Fl l .
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The
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.Nm swapctl
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utility has the following options for listing swap:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl h
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Output values in human-readable form.
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.It Fl g
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Output values in gigabytes.
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.It Fl k
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Output values in kilobytes.
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.It Fl m
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Output values in megabytes.
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.It Fl l
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List the devices making up system swap.
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.It Fl s
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Print a summary line for system swap.
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.Pp
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The
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.Ev BLOCKSIZE
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environment variable is used if not specifically
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overridden.
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512 byte blocks are used by default.
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.El
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/{ad,da}?s?b" -compact
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.It Pa /dev/{ad,da}?s?b
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standard paging devices
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.It Pa /dev/md?
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memory disk devices
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.It Pa /etc/fstab
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.Tn ASCII
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file system description table
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.El
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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These utilities may fail for the reasons described in
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.Xr swapon 2 .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr swapon 2 ,
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.Xr fstab 5 ,
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.Xr init 8 ,
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.Xr mdconfig 8 ,
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.Xr pstat 8 ,
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.Xr rc 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm swapon
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utility appeared in
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.Bx 4.0 .
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The
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.Nm swapoff
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and
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.Nm swapctl
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utilities appeared in
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.Fx 5.1 .
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