---
name: "swapout"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ftape-util"
version: "1:1.09.2002.03.21-0.3"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/swapout"
---

# swapout(1)

## NAME

swapout

## SYNOPSIS

**swapout** \[*-V*\] \[*--version*\] \[*megabytes*\]

## DESCRIPTION

swapout (ftape-tools) is a simple program whose sole purpose is to allocate a large chunk of RAM, dirty it by touching the first byte of each page (see \`man 2 getpagesize') and finally release the allocated chunk to the system.

The optional parameter "megabytes" defaults to 5

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for **swapout** is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the **info** and **swapout** programs are properly installed at your site, the command

-

  **info ftape-tools**

should give you access to the complete manual.

Author:

Claus-Justus Heine \<claus@momo.math.rwth-aachen.de\>

## NOTES

This manual page has been generated using the **help2man** script and some minor corrections were added. It was done by Agustin Martin Domingo \<agmartin@debian.org\>,  for  the  Debian  GNU/Linux system (but may be used  by others).