#!/bin/sh # # Copyright (C) Sebastian Philipp # set -e swapsize="$1" swapname="$2" if [ -f /$swapname ] then rm /$swapname fi if [ -z "$swapsize" -o -z "$swapname" ] then cat < size: the size of the file, like "8G" file: path to the new swap file. This file should not exists. EOF exit 1 fi swapfile=$(losetup -f) #free loop device # set NOCOW touch $swapname chmod 0600 $swapname chattr +C $swapname head -c $swapsize /dev/zero >> $swapname losetup $swapfile $swapname #mount file to loop mkswap $swapfile swapon $swapfile