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Date:      Mon, 05 Mar 2001 14:08:06 -0500
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com>
To:        czr <czr@dunces.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Swap error
Message-ID:  <3AA3E416.797C91B6@iowna.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103051046490.628-100000@dunces.org>

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czr wrote:
> 
> Last night I was compiling MySQL and all of a sudden i recieved an error
> that I had run out of swap space and this doesnt seem right. I have never
> dealt with this but I am curious if there is a command that I can check
> the status of my swap partition. I want to make sure that it is active
> because I have a pretty slim install of FreeBSD-4.2 Release.

"pstat -T" will give you the quick look.
"top" also displays useful information about swap usage/availability
(and in real time, so you can watch it while you're compiling to see
what happens)

-Bill

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