Name
swapon
Synopsis
swapon [options]devices
System administration command. Make the listed devices available for swapping and paging.
Options
- -a
Consult /etc/fstab for devices marked sw. Use those in place of the devices argument.
- -e
Used with -a. Don’t complain about missing devices.
- -h
Print help message, then exit.
- -p priority
Specify a priority for the swap area. Higher priority areas will be used up before lower priority areas are used.
- -s
Print swap usage summaries, then exit.
- -V
Print version information, then exit.
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