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1 .Dd February 2, 2015
2 .Dt SWAPON 8
3 .Os ubase
4 .Sh NAME
5 .Nm swapon
6 .Nd enable devices and files for paging and swapping
7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
8 .Nm
9 .Op Fl dp
10 .Fl a | Ar device
11 .Sh DESCRIPTION
12 .Nm
13 is used to specify devices on which paging and swapping are to take place.
14 .Sh OPTIONS
15 .Bl -tag -width Ds
16 .It Fl a
17 Make all devices marked as ``swap'' in
18 .Pa /etc/fstab
19 available, except for those with the ``noauto'' option.
20 .It Fl d
21 Discard freed swap pages before they are reused.
22 .It Fl p
23 Set higher priority than the default to the new swap area.
24 .El