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Created March 15, 2016 02:01
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swapfile setup script
#!/bin/bash
SWAPFILE=/var/swapfile
SWAP_MEGABYTES=2048
if [ -f $SWAPFILE ]; then
echo "Swapfile $SWAPFILE found, assuming already setup"
exit;
fi
/bin/dd if=/dev/zero of=$SWAPFILE bs=1M count=$SWAP_MEGABYTES
/bin/chmod 600 $SWAPFILE
/sbin/mkswap $SWAPFILE
/sbin/swapon $SWAPFILE
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What if is the server restarts? Do we need to modify the /etc/fstab file?

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