From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 17 04:10:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id EAA11561 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 17 Jun 1996 04:10:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA11556 for ; Mon, 17 Jun 1996 04:10:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id VAA18363; Mon, 17 Jun 1996 21:04:43 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199606171134.VAA18363@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Way to flush swap To: khetan@iafrica.com (Khetan Gajjar) Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 21:04:42 +0930 (CST) Cc: michaelv@HeadCandy.com, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Khetan Gajjar" at Jun 17, 96 12:29:04 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Khetan Gajjar stands accused of saying: > > I have enough ram, and swap space - it's just that the swap isn't > releasing what it's got in swap after I quit out of the programs. The problem (and the reason why nobody is talking to you) is that a) you don't understand what's really happening, b) you haven't been reading the relevant lists. If you had, you would understand that a) the vm stats are a little out of kilter at the moment after the massive work that's just gone on, and b) that the swap that's shown as occupied probably belongs to other system programs that were pushed out earlier. Put it this way : if having exited everything, you start it all again, does your swap usage increase significantly? I didn't think so. Observe, experiment, and most of all : _pay_attention_to_the_lists_. John and co. drop all sorts of _very_ illuminating information on a regular basis. If you're not totally strapped for time, I'd go back to the list search engine and read everything they've said in the last 2-3 months before asking any more. > Khetan Gajjar. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[