NAME
swapd - swap file daemon
SYNOPSIS
swapd [ -Vh ] [-c config] [-o cmd]
[-m min] [-M max] [-s swapsize] [-d dir] [-u
maxunusedswaps]
OPTIONS
swapd is a background daemon that watches free memory and
manages swap files. If free memory drops too low, additional swap files are
created. Additionally, if there is too much free memory, swap files are
deactivated and disk space may be reclaimed.
-V
Print version (1.0.5) and exit.
-h
Print minimalistic usage information.
-c config
Process an additional configuration file.
-o cmd
Process cmd as if it were a line in a
configuration file.
-m min
Specify the lower boundary of free memory, below this
amount of free memory additional swap files are created until atleast thismuch
memory is free. This is the same as the minfree command in a
configuration file.
-M max
Specify the upper boundary of free memory, above this
amount of free memory swap files are deactivated and may be deleted to reclaim
disk space. A value of zero (0) is the default and recommended value. This is
the same as the maxfree command in a configuration file.
-s swapsize
Specify the size of each swap file. This is the same as
the swapsize command in a configuration file.
-d dir
Specify the directory where swap files will be created.
This is the same as the swapdir command in a configuration file.
-u maxunusedswaps
Specify the number of unused swaps that can exist before
swap files start being deleted. This is the same as the maxunusedswaps
command in a configuration file.
DESCRIPTION
swapd is responsible for creating and managing only its
swap files, swap files not created by swapd are not managed, but the
memory they add to the `free' pool is still considered when deciding whether
or not to create additional swap files.
AUTHOR
Roy Keene <swapd@rkeene.org>
