Swap file

hinetvenkat · 04-01-2006, 05:29 AM

Dear People

How the see the list of Swap spaces in Linux.

Normal we can identify through mount command or fdisk command. but in solaris " swap -l ", this will show all swap device / swap files.

How about in linux. any command for identify the devices / files.

Kindly address this.

Thanks

homey · 04-01-2006, 05:49 AM

You could check the output of dmesg. For example:

Code:

# dmesg |grep swap
Adding 594396k swap on /dev/sda3.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:594396k
Adding 594396k swap on /dev/sdb3.  Priority:-2 extents:1 across:594396k

The command free might be of some help also.

gilead · 04-01-2006, 01:59 PM

On Slackware, the swapon command uses the -s option:

Code:

$ /sbin/swapon -s
Filename                                Type            Size    Used    Priority
/dev/hda10                              partition       987956  194220  -1

Or, you can just check the /proc info:

Code:

$ cat /proc/swaps
Filename                                Type            Size    Used    Priority
/dev/hda10                              partition       987956  194220  -1

Electro · 04-01-2006, 05:29 PM

If procfs is mounted at /proc, type cat /proc/swaps.

In any distribution, typing swapon -s will give you the list of swaps. This command is not proprietary for Slackware.