Difference between pages "Strace: what a process does" and "Swap"
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| + | <pre> | ||
| + | tweedleburg:~/Downloads # swapon -s | ||
| + | Filename Type Size Used Priority | ||
| + | tweedleburg:~/Downloads # swapon /tmp/swap | ||
| + | tweedleburg:~/Downloads # swapon -s | ||
| + | Filename Type Size Used Priority | ||
| + | /tmp/swap file 1048572 0 -1 | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
Revision as of 09:22, 10 June 2012
Swapping is when a computer exchanges the location of memory pages between physical RAM and harddisk space.
tweedleburg:~/Downloads # swapon -s Filename Type Size Used Priority tweedleburg:~/Downloads # swapon /tmp/swap tweedleburg:~/Downloads # swapon -s Filename Type Size Used Priority /tmp/swap file 1048572 0 -1
