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From: pgd@bbt.se
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: Configuring swap space
Message-ID: <1990Dec7.074852.27278@bbt.se>
Date: 7 Dec 90 07:48:52 GMT
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In article <516@pride386.UUCP> terry@pride386.UUCP (Terry Lyons) writes:
>In article <TECHSUP.90Nov20090206@NMC.gn7cg.pent.osd.mil>, techsup@NMC.gn7cg.pent.osd.mil (tech support) writes:
>> Along these lines, how does one find out the ammount of swap space in use
>> currently while the system is running.  Not the total, but the free swap
>> space????
>
>to find out usage of swap space 
>df -v /dev/swap
>
>I like the output from the -v option
>use the flag of your choice
>Terry
>

$ df -v /dev/swap
Mount Dir   Filesystem  blocks	  used	  free	% used
            /dev/swap   -790085426	136139788	-926225214	  -17%
$ 

To find the requested information you have to peek into kmem.