On Monday 12 May 2003 19:08 pm, Jeric wrote:
On Mon, 2003-05-12 at 17:45, Bruce Marshall wrote:
And what do you expect to gain by this, even if it was possible?
To keep from continually/unnecessarily using swap which greatly degrades system performance. With 512MB RAM, and the programs which I run, I should not be touching my swap.
So, is it possible? I know it is in windows, but I have not been able to find a Linux utility for this procedure.
-John
Swap won't hurt you one bit unless it is continuously used... and I doubt if that is the case. Stuff can get tossed out in swap, when you start up OO for example (no I'm not saying that you started OO) and it may then sit there until it is needed. Which may not be for a long time. So, in answer to your original question: 1) No, there's no way to free up swap (or allocated memory) without rebooting or at least killing the programs that are using swap. 2) No, I doubt very much if it is hurting you at all. 3) If you're still upset about it, get more memory.
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