Change swap device.
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.PP
The
.B swap
- device holds a string of the form
+ device holds a text block giving memory usage statistics:
.IP
- .IB m1 / m2
- .B memory
- .IB s1 / s2
- .B swap
+ .EX
+ \fIn\fP memory
+ \fIn\fP pagesize
+ \fIn\fP kernel
+ \fIn\fP/\fIm\fP user
+ \fIn\fP/\fIm\fP swap
+ \fIn\fP/\fIm\fP kernel malloc
+ \fIn\fP/\fIm\fP kernel draw
+ .EE
.PP
- These give, for each of
- internal memory and the swapping area,
- the number of pages used and the total available.
+ These are total memory (bytes), system page size (bytes),
+ kernel memory (pages), user memory (pages), swap space (pages),
+ kernel malloced data (bytes), and kernel graphics data (bytes).
+ The expression
+ .IR n / m
+ indicates
+ .I n
+ used out of
+ .I m
+ available.
These numbers are not blank padded.
+ .PP
To turn on swapping, write to
.B swap
the textual file descriptor number of a file or device on which to swap.
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