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Date:      Thu, 4 Mar 1999 20:57:56 -0600
From:      Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com>
To:        Richard Yeardley <bsd@hunter13.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 3.1R Swap file usage - should it return to zero once in a while?
Message-ID:  <19990304205756.A22633@winternet.com>
In-Reply-To: <36e21129.274298750@smtp.dial.pipex.com>; from Richard Yeardley on Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 11:07:12PM %2B0000
References:  <36e21129.274298750@smtp.dial.pipex.com>

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Richard Yeardley <bsd@hunter13.com> wrote:
> I've a 32MB 3.1R box with 11MB swap space (I should have more but
> that's the way it goes).  It's currently been up about ten days and in
> that time the swap space usage has grown to 55%.  My question is
> should it fall back to zero by itself after a period of inactivity
> (ala Winblows) or is a reboot the only way to flush it?

I believe that the 'swapinfo' command will give the correct swap usage
readings.

-- 

Nathan Ahlstrom
nrahlstr@winternet.com
http://www.FreeBSD.org/


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