swapon

Enable devices and files for swapping. Note: path/to/file can either point to a regular file or a swap partition. More information: <https://manned.org/swapon>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/swapon.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install mount
Ubuntu
apt-get install mount
Alpine
apk add util-linux
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S util-linux
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install mount
CentOS
yum install util-linux
Fedora
dnf install util-linux
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mount
OS X
brew install util-linux
Raspbian
apt-get install loop-aes-utils
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/swapon
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/swapon swapon powered by Commando

Enable devices and files for swapping. Note: path/to/file can either point to a regular file or a swap partition. More information: <https://manned.org/swapon>.

  • Show swap information:
    swapon
  • Enable a given swap area:
    swapon path/to/file
  • Enable all swap areas specified in `/etc/fstab` except those with the `noauto` option:
    swapon --all
  • Enable a swap partition by its label:
    swapon -L label

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