mkswapfile

mkswapfile - make and enable a swap file easily.

This gem supports only Linux.

Installation

$ gem install mkswapfile
(you may need to run as root or through sudo.)

Usage

$ sudo mkswapfile size
size: 1-8 (GB)


EXAMPLE

$ sudo mkswapfile 2
dd if=/dev/zero of=/swap bs=1M count=2049 && chmod 600 /swap && mkswap /swap && \ 
(echo '/swap swap swap defaults 0 0' | tee -a /etc/fstab) && swapon /swap
....

$ free -m
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:            481          90          11           0         379         378
Swap:          2048           0        2048

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/s3fxn/mkswapfile.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.