Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 11:16:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: lists@alpha.nl, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Swapping off swapspace Message-ID: <199808241516.LAA09685@lakes.dignus.com> In-Reply-To: <024601bdcf6f$5b30db90$98626dc2@lisboa.nedstat.nl>
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> > Hi, I'm sorry for asking a really stupid question, but it's kind of urgent > and I can't find the answer (and I'm more familiar with linux as I am with > FreeBSD). At this moment I have a FreeBSD 2.2.6 system running which is > consuming 185M of swapspace... but it doesn't do anything... How can I > swapoff this swapspace so it'll clear this ? > > > Arjan > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > There's no way to "swapoff" at the moment... but, something is consuming the space. You might want to look at the running processes and determine which one it is; and kill that. You can use /bin/ps or, if it's installed, top, to determine what the swap space culprit is... - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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