swapon
Enable devices and files for swapping.
Note: path/to/file can either point to a regular file or a swap partition.
More information: https://manned.org/swapon.
- Show swap information:
swapon
- Enable a given swap area:
swapon path/to/file
- Enable all swap areas specified in
/etc/fstabexcept those with thenoautooption:
swapon --all
- Enable a swap partition by its label:
swapon -L label