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1.1     ! root        1: .TH SWAPON 2 "27 July 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: swapon \- add a swap device for interleaved paging/swapping
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .nf
        !             7: .B swapon(special)
        !             8: .B char *special;
        !             9: .fi
        !            10: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            11: .I Swapon
        !            12: makes the block device 
        !            13: .I special 
        !            14: available to the system for
        !            15: allocation for paging and swapping.  The names of potentially
        !            16: available devices are known to the system and defined at system
        !            17: configuration time.  The size of the swap area on 
        !            18: .I special 
        !            19: is calculated at the time the device is first made available
        !            20: for swapping.
        !            21: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            22: swapon(8), config(8)
        !            23: .SH BUGS
        !            24: There is no way to stop swapping on a disk so that the pack may be
        !            25: dismounted.
        !            26: .PP
        !            27: This call will be upgraded in future versions of the system.

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