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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Adrian Midgley wrote: > There seems to be an increase in use of swapspace here, as time > goes on, and while from time to time it seems to get cleared I > wonder if something is sequestering it? > > Is it just that Linux doesn't clear swap space until some other > process needs it, or is there a way to identify the swap space > use of various processes, preferably ranking them by its use? Pressing "shift and m" in 'top', gets you processes sorted by memory. I dare say you could use "ps" and "sort" to get a ranking of processes by swap space, but usually if it is enough memory to be an issue, it is enough to be the biggest one or two processes by memory. I forget the Linux way with virtual memory, the LDP exists for a reason. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+5FWLGFXfHI9FVgYRAvRaAJ43gZSuEyhxgyg4Doh+HjRbzja+vwCgiwIn pITH341K7/7dBo61R40kgSY= =zuxn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.