Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 04:10:58 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> To: khetan@iafrica.com (Khetan Gajjar) Cc: michaelv@HeadCandy.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Way to flush swap Message-ID: <199606171110.EAA15570@seagull.rtd.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960617122813.280J-100000@chain.iafrica.com> from "Khetan Gajjar" at Jun 17, 96 12:29:04 pm
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It seems that Khetan Gajjar said: > On Mon, 17 Jun 1996, Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote: > > >Buy another disk and add a second swap partition. Unfortunately, you > > I don't want to do that, and cannot afford it anyway. Besides, the > question is how to flush the swap - not add more of it. > > 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. I *think* this is an "undocumented feature" (?) -- at least I seem to recall previous versions of FBSD had this characteristic. Perhaps someone will set the record straight?? Thx, --don
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