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Date:      Mon, 17 Jun 1996 21:29:02 +1000 (EST)
From:      "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@lynx.its.unimelb.edu.au>
To:        Khetan Gajjar <khetan@iafrica.com>
Cc:        "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com>, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Way to flush swap 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.91.960617212721.8241A-100000@lynx.its.unimelb.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960617122813.280J-100000@chain.iafrica.com>

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On Mon, 17 Jun 1996, Khetan Gajjar wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Jun 1996, Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote:
> 
> 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.

Is it actually a problem?  I thought that some things were left in swap 
in case they were needed later, e.g. shared library sort of stuff.
They get flushed when swap is needed for other things.

Danny



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