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This should be considered highly experimental for the moment. Submitted by: David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU> MFC after: 3 weeks
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.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
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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 5, 1993
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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
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.Nd "specify devices for paging and swapping"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm swap[on|off]
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.Fl a
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.Nm swap[on|off]
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.Ar special_file ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm swapon
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utility is used to specify additional devices on which paging and swapping
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are to take place.
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The system begins by swapping and paging on only a single device
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so that only one disk is required at bootstrap time.
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Calls to
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.Nm swapon
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normally occur in the system multi-user initialization file
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.Pa /etc/rc
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making all swap devices available, so that the paging and swapping
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activity is interleaved across several devices.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm swapoff
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utility disables paging and swapping on a device.
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Calls to
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.Nm swapoff
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succeed only if disabling the device would leave enough
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remaining virtual memory to accomodate all running programs.
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.Pp
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Normally, the first form is used:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl a
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All devices marked as ``sw''
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swap devices in
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.Pa /etc/fstab
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are added to or removed from the pool of available swap
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unless their ``noauto'' option is also set.
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.El
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.Pp
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The second form is used to configure or disable individual devices.
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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 FILES
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.Bl -tag -width "/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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ASCII file system description table
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.El
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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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utility appeared in
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.Fx 5.0 .
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