Marco, The lsof /users2/.swap1.img command returns nothing, and the file /users2/.swap1.img command returns the following: Linux/i386 swap file (new style), but no timestamp. The ls -al shows the creation date of March 27th and the size hasn't changed. -----Original Message----- From: Shaw, Marco [mailto:Marco.Shaw@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 12:06 PM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: RE: Help > Thank you for the quick response. My problem is that I specified the > swap partition to be on one of the hard drives. If the system > was going > to create a dynamic swap file, shouldn't there be an entry in > the fstab, > or somewhere? > Just curious.. Well, try the 'file' command on the .img files. Look at the timestamps. Are the files growing? Did you try lsoft? AFAIK, an entry in fstab is so the swap file is reinstated after a reboot. Marco > -----Original Message----- > From: Shaw, Marco [mailto:Marco.Shaw@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 12:17 PM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: RE: Help > > Hmmmm... Could be a swap file... > > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom > -guide/s1- > swap-adding.html > > Might use lsof and grep for those file names to see if anything is > writing to them > depending on the timestamps. > > Marco > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bullock, Ronald > > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 1:12 PM > > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Help > > > > I've found several gigantic files in the users directory > with the size > > of 2147483648. The name of the files are .swap1.img, > .swap2.img, etc.. > > My questions are: > > > > What are they? > > > > How did they get there? > > > > Can they be removed? > > > > Thank you in advance for your help. P.S I hope this is the > > correct url. > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
