NAME

swapon − add a swap device for interleaved paging/swapping

SYNOPSIS

swapon(special)
char ∗special;

DESCRIPTION

Swapon makes the block device special available to the system for allocation for paging and swapping.  The names of potentially available devices are known to the system and defined at system configuration time.  The size of the swap area on special is calculated at the time the device is first made available for swapping. 

SEE ALSO

swapon(8), config(8)

BUGS

There is no way to stop swapping on a disk so that the pack may be dismounted. 

This call will be upgraded in future versions of the system. 

Sun Release 2.0  —  Last change: 29 August 1983