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--- os:linux:create_swap_file [2018-02-07 10:03] – root
+++ os:linux:create_swap_file [2023-01-27 19:00] (current) – Manuel Frei
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-====== Linux: Create Swap File ======
+====== Linux - Create Swap File ======
 ===== Short =====
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 mkswap /swapfile
 swapon /swapfile
-vi /etc/fstab
+vim /etc/fstab
 </code>
 <code>
-swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0
+/swapfile       none            swap    sw              0       0
 </code>
 ===== Long =====
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 <code>
 root@server:~# mkswap /swapfile
-mkswap: /swapfile: insecure permissions 0644, 0600 suggested.
 Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 1024 MiB (1073737728 bytes)
 no label, UUID=2903a264-5dc1-484c-8e1d-b0b6f687e65a
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 add:
 <code>
-/swapfile          none            swap    sw                0       0
+/swapfile       none            swap    sw              0       0
 </code>
+===== Show Status =====
+<code>
+swapon --summary
+</code>
+Example.
+<code>
+root@server:~# swapon --summary
+Filename                                Type            Size    Used    Priority
+/swapfile                               file            3145724 346156  -2
+</code>