From d038e02fd667ab6c02875840105798aaa7029504 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rgrimes Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 06:35:07 +0000 Subject: BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin. --- sbin/swapon/swapon.8 | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 90 insertions(+) create mode 100644 sbin/swapon/swapon.8 (limited to 'sbin/swapon/swapon.8') diff --git a/sbin/swapon/swapon.8 b/sbin/swapon/swapon.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..973ebc2 --- /dev/null +++ b/sbin/swapon/swapon.8 @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)swapon.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 +.\" +.Dd June 5, 1993 +.Dt SWAPON 8 +.Os BSD 4 +.Sh NAME +.Nm swapon +.Nd "specify additional device for paging and swapping" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm swapon +.Fl a +.Nm swapon +.Ar special_file ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm Swapon +is used to specify additional devices on which paging and swapping +are to take place. +The system begins by swapping and paging on only a single device +so that only one disk is required at bootstrap time. +Calls to +.Nm swapon +normally occur in the system multi-user initialization file +.Pa /etc/rc +making all swap devices available, so that the paging and swapping +activity is interleaved across several devices. +.Pp +Normally, the first form is used: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl a +All devices marked as ``sw'' +swap devices in +.Pa /etc/fstab +are made available. +.El +.Pp +The second form gives individual block devices as given +in the system swap configuration table. The call makes only this space +available to the system for swap allocation. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr swapon 2 , +.Xr fstab 8 +.Xr init 8 +.Xr rc 8 +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /dev/[ru][pk]?b -compact +.It Pa /dev/[ru][pk]?b +standard paging devices +.It Pa /etc/fstab +ascii filesystem description table +.El +.Sh BUGS +There is no way to stop paging and swapping on a device. +It is therefore not possible to make use of devices which may be +dismounted during system operation. +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command appeared in +.Bx 4.0 . -- cgit v1.1