MKFILE
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: 21 Sep 1997
NAME
mkfile - create a swap file
SYNOPSIS
mkfile
[ -nv ]
size[k|b|m]
filename ...
DESCRIPTION
mkfile
creates one or more files that are suitable for use as swap areas.
The default
size
is in bytes, but it
can be flagged as kilobytes, blocks, or megabytes, with the
k,
b,
or
m
suffixes, respectively.
OPTIONS
- -n
-
Ignored; for Solaris compatibility.
- -v
-
Verbose. Report the names and sizes of created files.
SEE ALSO
swapoff(2),
swapon(2),
fstab(5),
mkswap(8),
swapoff(8),
swapon(8)