filesystem swap

[Nobody's Hero]

I created some filesystem swap.
What are the files in this are for?
Will they be cleaned up after a reboot?
Should I clean up the file manually?

[Pete Randall]

Robert,

I've never used FS swap but I'm surprised that you're seeing files in there. What files? I can see where there might be a lost+found or something.

I suppose it's possible, maybe even probable, that when you swap to it, the pages are actually written out to files. What do the file names look like?


Pete

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Robert,

Check this doc.

Title: how to increase system swap
Document ID: KBRC00002148
Last Modified Date: 8/4/05

US
http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000079993798
Europe
http://www5.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000079993798

Hope this helps,
Robert-Jan

[Patrick Wallek]

NO. You absolutely do NOT want to delete any files in the filesystem swap area. These files are used by HP-UX. Don't worry about them and leave them be.

[Bill Hassell]

Normally, filesystem swap is for temporary usage because performance is quite a bit slower than a raw lvol. It is a filesystem so all the files can be manipulated just like any other filesystem. There is one exception: /mntpoint/paging is a directory placed into the filesystem to handle paging (swap). That directory must remain untouched. Once swap has been added (raw or filesystem), it CANNOT be removed until a reboot occurs.