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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