Re: swapfile.front doesn't shrink

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From: Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 19:08

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Swapfiles, like entropy, never shrink spontaneously.
Reboot plays the role of Maxwell's demon!
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Hardy 
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Meinhard E. Mayer,  Department of Physics, UC Irvine 
e-mail: hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (preferred) or MMAYER@UCI.BITNET

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