Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4498 mails)

[James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Lewis wrote:
> One command I miss from my old Unix days is the ability to
> add swap dynamically.   That is swap to a file.  Some of the
> Unix's have a swap command and you can name a file and the
> size you wish and swap will start using it. 
>
> This can be pretty handy for someone who doubles their
> RAM after and OS has been installed and wants swap
> to follow the yellow brick road even if the machine never
> swaps.
>
> I did a man on swap but nothing came back!

IIRC, you can create a swap file and add it.