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SubjectRe: Swap partition vs swap file
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In article <20050710014559.GA15844@animx.eu.org> you wrote:
> You misunderstood entirely what I said.

There is no portable/documented way to grow a file without having the file
system null its content. However why is that a problem, you dont create
those files very often. Besides it is better for the OS to be able to asume
that a page with zeros in it is equal to the page on fresh swap.

Gruss
Bernd
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