Section G.8. Swap Management

G.8. Swap Management

Table G-9 shows differences in Linux and Solaris swap management and configuration tasks.

Table G-9. ^[*] Swap Tasks

Task	Solaris	Linux
Create a swap space	swap -a	mkswap
Enable a swap space	swap -a	swapon
Enable all swap spaces	N/A	swapon -a
Disable a swap space	N/A	swapoff
Disable all swap spaces	N/A	swapoff -a
Delete a swap space	swap -d	N/A
Display the swap space usage	swap -s	swapon -s
Display the swap space status	swap -l	N/A
Set the swap priority level	N/A	swapon -p

^[*] Table A-16 of IBM Redbook