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31 lines
886 B
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.TH SWAP 8
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.SH NAME
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swap \- establish a swap file
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B swap
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.I file
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.I Swap
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establishes a file or device for the system to swap on.
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If
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.I file
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is a device, the device is used directly; if a directory,
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a unique file is created in that directory on which to swap.
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The environment variable
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.B swap
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is set to the full name of the resulting file.
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The number of blocks available in the file or device
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must be at least the number of swap blocks configured
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at system boot time.
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.PP
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If a swap channel has already been set and no blocks
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are currently valid in the file the old file will be
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closed and then replaced. If any blocks are valid on
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the device an error is returned instead.
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.SH SOURCE
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.B /sys/src/cmd/swap.c
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.SH BUGS
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Swapping to a file served by a local user-level process, such as
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.IR kfs (4),
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can lead to deadlock; use raw devices or remote files instead.
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