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From: "Mariusz Potocki" <potok@free.polbox.pl>
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> I'm getting an out of swap space message in my /var/log/messages
> file from time to time. How do I check how much swap is being used
> and kind of monitor what's using it? Is there a tool?

I think, that you can use top.

Mariusz

> Thanx,
> Randy Katz