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 <[email protected]>
NOTES
This manual page has been generated using the help2man script and some minor corrections were added. It was done by Agustin Martin Domingo <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).