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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!boulder!news.coop.net!hops.entertain.com!usenet From: dwatson@abwam.com (Darryl Watson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: More Swap Space ... Any magic tricks ? Date: 4 Sep 1995 15:48:01 GMT Organization: ABWAM, Inc. Lines: 14 Message-ID: <42f73h$6ng@hops.entertain.com> References: <42534q$51r@dei.calldei.com> <42d7m3$bsv@moon.igcom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp005.entertain.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.5 In article <42d7m3$bsv@moon.igcom.net>, david@terra.igcom.net (David Bauman) says: > > I would think on ANY operating system when expanding a file system > a complete backup is required since the bigger filesytem will overwrite > an old one. Also, what is the command to see how much swap space is > available? > > AIX supports runtime partition resizing. Really! It takes some time, but it works. 'pstat -s' is the command I use to monitor swap space.