[lug] swap space

[Bill Jorgensen]

On Sat, 11 Oct 2003, Jeff wrote:

> Is it possibleto force a flush of the swap space without rebooting or
> logging out?  My swap is completely used as is my memory and I think
> that it would help...  Thanks!

Generally you need to be able to reclaim a shared memory segment (IPCS)
or kill a process for swap to be reclaimed. I read the thread about
swapoff. That will do it too...

Good luck,

Bill

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