.Os "Mac OS X"
.Sh NAME
.Nm dynamic_pager
-.Nd dynamic pager external storage manager
+.Nd swap configuration daemon
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm dynamic_pager
.Op Fl F Ar filename
-.Op Fl S Ar filesize
-.Op Fl H Ar high-water-trigger
-.Op Fl L Ar low-water-trigger
-.Op Fl P Ar priority
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm dynamic_pager
-daemon manages a pool of external swap files which the kernel uses to
-support demand paging. This pool is expanded with new swap files as load on
-the system increases, and contracted when the swapping resources are no
-longer needed. The
-.Nm dynamic_pager
-daemon also provides a notification service for those applications which
-wish to receive notices when the external paging pool expands or contracts.
+daemon can be used to specify a base name for swapfile names using the "-F" command line option or by modifying the configuration plist file.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.\" ==========
.It Fl F
The base name of the
.Ar filename
-to use for the external paging files. By default this is
+to use for the swapfiles. By default this is
.Pa /private/var/vm/swapfile .
-.It Fl S
-The fixed
-.Ar filesize
-[in bytes] to use for the paging files. By default
-.Nm dynamic_pager
-uses variable sized paging files, using larger sized files as paging demands
-increase. The
-.Fl S ,
-.Fl H
-and
-.Fl L
-options disable that default and cause
-.Nm dynamic_pager
-to use a series of fixed sized external paging files.
-.It Fl H
-If there are less than
-.Ar high-water-trigger
-bytes free in the external paging files, the kernel will signal
-.Nm dynamic_pager
-to add a new external paging file.
-.It Fl L
-If there are more than
-.Ar low-water-trigger
-bytes free in the external paging files, the kernel will coalese in-use pages
-and signal
-.Nm dynamic_pager
-to discard an external paging file.
-.Ar Low-water-trigger
-must be greater than
-.Ar high-water-trigger
-+
-.Ar filesize .
-.It Fl P
-This option is currently unimplemented.
-.El
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.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width /private/var/vp/swapfile* -compact
+.Bl -tag -width /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist -compact
.It Pa /private/var/vm/swapfile*
-Default external paging files.
+Swapfiles.
+
+.It Pa /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist
+Configuration file.
.El