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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] termrc changes
From: "Fco. J. Ballesteros" <nemo@lsub.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:19:01 +0100
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In any case, the machine can freeze once you
start using the swap area. So, I wouldn't say it is important
to choose a big or a small swap partition.


:  From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
:  Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 06:43:41 +0200
:  To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
:  Reply-To: lucio@proxima.alt.za 9fans@cse.psu.edu
:  Subject: Re: [9fans] termrc changes
:
:  > The new termrc avoids using test when looking for swap partitions.
:
:  I tend to like to slip a "sort -nr" into the fry, it allows me to pick
:  the largest swap partition when I have multiple disks.  Not
:  necessarily what everyone may want, of course:
:
:  swp=`{ls -s /dev/sd*/swap | sort -nr | sed 1q | awk '{print $2}'}
:
:  ++L