Swap file's default location

Question

I have just created a swap file and now I want to check the location on this swap file.

How can I check on which partition my swap file is residing?

HuHa · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-28T11:19:36.327

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There are probably several ways to do this, but the simplest ones are:

sh@uruk:~$ cat /proc/swaps 
Filename                Type        Size    Used    Priority
/dev/nvme0n1p3          partition   2097148 456     -2

sh@uruk:~$ swapon -s
Filename                Type        Size    Used    Priority
/dev/nvme0n1p3          partition   2097148 456     -2

edited May 28 '21 at 11:19

answered May 28 '21 at 11:13

HuHa

i just type this command but its not showing "/dev/** rather just say /swapfile – user1284092 May 28 '21 at 11:22
cd / && ls -l swapfile – user1284092 May 28 '21 at 11:29
So it's a swap file, not like on my machine a swap partition, it's named "swapfile", and it's in the root directory of your root filesystem. To see what partition it's on, use df /. – HuHa May 28 '21 at 12:12

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