From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mail-wi0-f180.google.com ([209.85.212.180]:39773 "EHLO mail-wi0-f180.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755742Ab3ASAJ5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:09:57 -0500 Received: by mail-wi0-f180.google.com with SMTP id hj13so3442158wib.7 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:09:56 -0800 (PST) From: Sami Kerola To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Cc: kerolasa@iki.fi Subject: [PATCH 17/22] docs: mkswap.8: recommend fallocate(1) Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:09:06 +0000 Message-Id: <1358554151-25985-18-git-send-email-kerolasa@iki.fi> In-Reply-To: <1358554151-25985-1-git-send-email-kerolasa@iki.fi> References: <1358554151-25985-1-git-send-email-kerolasa@iki.fi> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: There is no reason why fallocate(1) should not be preferred instead of 'dd if=/dev/zero of=swapfile' with it's cumbersome size spec. Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola --- disk-utils/mkswap.8 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/disk-utils/mkswap.8 b/disk-utils/mkswap.8 index 219c49f..ab8a44a 100644 --- a/disk-utils/mkswap.8 +++ b/disk-utils/mkswap.8 @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ e.g. using a command like .nf .RS -# dd if=/dev/zero of=swapfile bs=1024 count=65536 +# fallocate -l 8GB swapfile .RE .fi -- 1.8.1.1