Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 20:57:56 -0600 From: Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com> To: Richard Yeardley <bsd@hunter13.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.1R Swap file usage - should it return to zero once in a while? Message-ID: <19990304205756.A22633@winternet.com> In-Reply-To: <36e21129.274298750@smtp.dial.pipex.com>; from Richard Yeardley on Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 11:07:12PM %2B0000 References: <36e21129.274298750@smtp.dial.pipex.com>
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Richard Yeardley <bsd@hunter13.com> wrote: > I've a 32MB 3.1R box with 11MB swap space (I should have more but > that's the way it goes). It's currently been up about ten days and in > that time the swap space usage has grown to 55%. My question is > should it fall back to zero by itself after a period of inactivity > (ala Winblows) or is a reboot the only way to flush it? I believe that the 'swapinfo' command will give the correct swap usage readings. -- Nathan Ahlstrom nrahlstr@winternet.com http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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