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Additonal mysterious line in rc
Authored by: bluehz on Jun 03, '02 10:51:27AM

For some reason my /etc/rc has an additional line in it listed directly after the last line of the script shown - before the "Start System Preferences"

The line is:
dynamic_pager -H 40000000 -L 160000000 -S 80000000 -F ${swapdir}/swapfile

Is this normal and just not listed? What is this line for? Possibly it was added by SwapCop which I have used in the past.

Just curious...



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dynamic_pager daemon
Authored by: sjk on Jun 03, '02 06:41:38PM
The dynamic_pager process dynamically manages VM swap files. See:

System Daemons

... for a brief description.

People tinkering with swap configurations might remove or modify the /etc/rc entry; I've left it as-is on my iBook.


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Additonal mysterious line in rc
Authored by: EatingPie on Jun 05, '02 02:00:19PM

That line is most definitely there. I left it out for brevity. It is
actually what starts the Virtual Memory swap stuff going.

So you're in there.



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