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117-201 · Question #42

A system is running out of swap space. To initialise 5GB of additional swap space, which combination of commands should be used?

The correct answer is A. dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/swapfile bs=1024 count=5120000. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

A system is running out of swap space. To initialise 5GB of additional swap space, which combination of commands should be used?

Options

  • Add if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/swapfile bs=1024 count=5120000;
  • Bdd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/swapfile bs=1024 count=5120000;
  • Cdd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/swapfile bs=1024 count=5120000;
  • Dtouch -5G /tmp/swapfile;
  • Emkswap /tmp/swapfile 512000;

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