Swap: libblockdev Reference Manual

Functions

#define	BD_SWAP_ERROR
enum	BDSwapError

#include <swap.h>

A plugin for operations with swap space.

GQuark
bd_swap_error_quark (void);

gboolean
bd_swap_mkswap (gchar *device,
                gchar *label,
                GError **error);

device	a device to create swap space on
label	a label for the swap space device.	[allow-none]
error	place to store error (if any).	[out]

whether the swap space was successfully created or not

gboolean
bd_swap_swapon (gchar *device,
                gint priority,
                GError **error);

device	swap device to activate
priority	priority of the activated device or -1 to use the default
error	place to store error (if any).	[out]

whether the swap device was successfully activated or not

gboolean
bd_swap_swapoff (gchar *device,
                 GError **error);

device	swap device to deactivate
error	place to store error (if any).	[out]

whether the swap device was successfully deactivated or not

gboolean
bd_swap_swapstatus (gchar *device,
                    GError **error);

device	swap device to get status of
error	place to store error (if any).	[out]

TRUE if the swap device is active, FALSE if not active or failed to determine (error ) is set not a non-NULL value in such case)

#define BD_SWAP_ERROR bd_swap_error_quark ()

BD_SWAP_ERROR_UNKNOWN_STATE
BD_SWAP_ERROR_ACTIVATE