Difference between revisions of "Swapon"

Latest revision as of 16:00, 24 August 2023

swapon/swapoff enable/disable devices and files for paging and swapping and it is included on the mount package.

swapon /dev/nvme#n1
(no output)

swapon --show
NAME      TYPE      SIZE   USED PRIO
/dev/dm-2 partition 976M 974.8M   -2

swapon --show
(No output if not swap active)

 swapon -s
 Filename				Type		Size	Used	Priority
 /swap.img                         file    	2023420	104312	-2

 Oct 12 12:55:03 SERVER swapon[449]: swapon: /swap.img: swapon failed: Read-only file system

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-<code>swapon</code>/<code>swapoff</code> enable/disable  devices and files for [[paging]] and [[swapping]] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/swapon.8.html
+{{lowercase}}
+<code>swapon</code>/<code>[[swapoff]]</code> enable/disable  devices and files for [[paging]] and [[swapping]] and it is included on the <code>[[mount]]</code> package.
+* Man page: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/swapon.8.html
+* <code>[[swapon]] /[[dev/nvme]]5n1</code>
-* <code>swapon -s</code>
+* <code>[[swapon -s]]</code> or <code>[[swapon --show]]</code>
-* <code>cat /[[proc]]/swaps</code>
+ swapon /dev/nvme#n1
+ (no output)
+ swapon --show
+ NAME      TYPE      SIZE   USED PRIO
+ /dev/[[dm]]-2 partition 976M 974.8M   -2
+ swapon --show
+ (No output if not swap active)
+  swapon -s
+  Filename				Type		Size	Used	Priority
+  [[/swap.img]]                         file    	2023420	104312	-2
+* <code>cat [[/proc/swaps]]</code>
+== Errors ==
+  Oct 12 12:55:03 SERVER swapon[449]: [[swapon]]: /[[swap.img]]: swapon failed: [[Read-only file system]]
+== Related terms ==
+* <code>[[free]]</code>
+* [[Memory]]: <code>[[sar -r]]</code>
+* [[Swap]]: <code>[[sar -S]]</code>
+* <code>[[sar -W (Swapping)]]</code>
+* <code>[[/etc/fstab]]</code> and <code>[[/proc/swaps]]</code>
+* <code>[[systemctl --type swap]]</code>
+* <code>[[mkswap]]</code>
+* [[Add a swap disk]]
 == See also ==
 * {{swap}}
+* {{mount}}
 * {{memory}}
 [[Category:Linux]]