.TH SWAPON 8 ubase-VERSION
.SH NAME
\fBswapon\fR - enable devices and files for paging and swapping
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBswapon\fR [\fB-dp\fR] [\fB-a\fI device\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBswapon\fR is used to specify devices on which paging and
swapping are to take place.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB-d\fR
Discard freed swap pages before they are reused.
.TP
\fB-p\fR
Set higher priority than the default to the new swap area.
.TP
\fB-a\fR
Make all devices marked as ``swap'' in /etc/fstab are made
available, except for those with the ``noauto'' option.