Under Linux, swap is its own partition type. /tmp is where programs will
store temporary data, but linux doesn't store swap in a file, like some
other operating systems do (Windows, OS/2)...my understanding is that
Solaris also uses swap space in a partition of its own.
Giving the OS its own separate space for swap, IMO, is preferable, anyhow.
You have a defined amount of swap, and you don't have to worry about a
swap file growing to fill all the available disk space on a
partition/file system that is supposed to be used for something else.
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Chuck Carson wrote:
>
> This maybe be a dumb question or something I just never noticed, but why
> does swap space not display in 'df'? I thought swap was mounted as /tmp.
> Under Solaris it behaves this way. Is it possible to modify RH6.2 to behave
> like this?
>
> Thanks,
> CC
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