2.11BSD/src/man/man4/swap.4

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.\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
.\"
.\"	@(#)swap.4	6.2 (Berkeley) 1/28/88
.\"
.TH SWAP 4 "January 28, 1988"
.UC 2
.SH NAME
swap \- swap device
.SH DESCRIPTION
This file refers to the swap device in use by the system.
It should be linked to the special file for the disk or disk partition
on which the system swaps.
It is used by programs that wish to read from
the swap device without knowing its real name.
The script
.I /dev/MAKEDEV.local
normally is edited by the system builder to set
.I /dev/swap
up correctly.
.SH FILES
.ta \w'/dev/MAKEDEV.local  'u
/dev/swap
.br
/dev/MAKEDEV	script to create special files
.br
/dev/MAKEDEV.local	script to localize special files
.DT
.SH "SEE ALSO"
ps(1),
w(1)