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archy

ArchBanger

Registered: 2011-09-24

Posts: 90

how to know if i'm using swap?...

like i said on title...i can see 'ram usage' but i need to no if using at least a mega of swap?

oliver

Administrator

Registered: 2010-11-04

Posts: 1,544

Re: how to know if i'm using swap?...

run 'top'

one of the lines shows swap provisioned and swap in use

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archy

ArchBanger

Registered: 2011-09-24

Posts: 90

Re: how to know if i'm using swap?...

Thx pal!

top shows 0 used:

Kruppt

Moderator

From: Blue Ridge Mountains, NC

Registered: 2010-12-20

Posts: 299

Re: how to know if i'm using swap?...

like i said on title...i can see 'ram usage' but i need to no if using at least a mega of swap?

From Term:

cat /proc/swaps

[root@MS-7005-archbang ~]# cat /proc/swaps
Filename                                Type            Size    Used    Priority
/dev/sda1                               partition       497976  42572   -1
/dev/sdb2                               partition       488876  0       -2

free

[root@MS-7005-archbang ~]# free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       1029060     961696      67364          0      21648     586788
-/+ buffers/cache:     353260     675800
Swap:       986852      42572     944280

ArchVortex

Retired AB Overlord

From: Jakarta, Indonesia

Registered: 2011-04-01

Posts: 1,449

Re: how to know if i'm using swap?...

Since you're using conky, you could add swap to the top of the conky with CPU and RAM so you can always check on your desktop.

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