Aha. I tried 'man swap' but didn't think of 'swapon'. My google search was not very productive, so I am thankful of your information! -Steve On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 07:16:16PM +0000, Iznogoud wrote: > > > > For GNU/Linux, how do you turn swap off and how do you turn in back on again? > > > > Here is the top of the manual page: > > > NAME > swapon, swapoff - enable/disable devices and files for paging and swap- > ping > > SYNOPSIS > /sbin/swapon [-h -V] > /sbin/swapon -a [-v] [-e] > /sbin/swapon [-v] [-p priority] specialfile ... > /sbin/swapon [-s] > /sbin/swapoff [-h -V] > /sbin/swapoff -a > /sbin/swapoff specialfile ... > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Name: Steve Trapp Location: Just east of the Missippi River Email-address: stevetrapp<AT>comcast<DOT>net Homepage: comcast DROPPED ALL HOMEPAGES--Where do I put my PGP public key now?