
SWAPON(8)		UNIX System Manager's Manual		SWAPON(8)

NNAAMMEE
     sswwaappoonn , sswwaappooffff - enable/disable devices and files for paging and swap-
     ping

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
     sswwaappoonn --aa
     sswwaappoonn _s_p_e_c_i_a_l___f_i_l_e _._._.
     sswwaappooffff --aa
     sswwaappooffff _s_p_e_c_i_a_l___f_i_l_e _._._.

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
     SSwwaappoonn is used to specify devices on which paging and swapping are to
     take place.  Calls to sswwaappoonn normally occur in the system multi-user ini-
     tialization file _/_e_t_c_/_r_c making all swap devices available, so that the
     paging and swapping activity is interleaved across several devices and
     files.

     Normally, the first form is used:

     --aa	All devices marked as ``sw'' swap devices in _/_e_t_c_/_f_s_t_a_b are made
	     available.

     SSwwaappooffff disables swapping on the specified devices and files, or on all
     swap entries in _/_e_t_c_/_f_s_t_a_b when the --aa flag is given.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
     swapon(2),	swapoff(2),  fstab(8),	init(8),  mkswap(8),  rc(8)

FFIILLEESS
     /dev/hd[ab]?     standard paging devices
     /etc/fstab	ascii filesystem description table

HHIISSTTOORRYY
     The sswwaappoonn command appeared in 4.0BSD.

AAuutthhoorrss
     The version for 0.97.3 was, apparently, written by Doug Quale
     (quale@saavik.cs.wisc.edu).
     Modified for 0.98.5 by H. J. Lu (hlu@eecs.wsu.edu) on 11/25/92.
     Modified for 0.99.2 by Rick Sladkey (jrs@world.std.com)

 Linux 0.99			July 5, 1993				1
