[ILUG-D] 1D1C - swapon

swapon - enable devices and files for paging and swapping

syntax $ swapon <option>

To enable all swap devices and files listed in the /etc/fstab $ sudo swapon -a $ sudo swapon -av

To enable swap device with device name $ sudo swapon -a /dev/vda5 $ sudo swapon -av /dev/vda5

To display the swap usage summary of all enabled swap devices and files $ sudo swapon -s

To enable the swap discards if the device supports the discard operation $ sudo swapon -d

To reinitialize the swap space $ sudo swapon -f

To display a summary table with selected columns $ swapon --show=NAME,SIZE

To print the raw output format $ sudo swapon --raw

regards, T.Dhanasekar