Technically that would be a trim operation. Fragmentation is not a thing on an ssd as it can read from multiple blocks. And forcing it to run will only burn up your write cycles. On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 7:15 PM Seabass via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Defragmentation should be an issue for you on an SSD, even if there is > some, right? > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 17:08:03 -0700 > From: Matt Graham > To: > Subject: Re: swap file vs swap partition > Message-ID: <064f92165a42d6f88a3430b42a5211f6@crow202.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On 2020-10-28 16:24, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:43:22 -0700 > > Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss wrote: > >> The biggest difference is, files can become fragmented while > >> partitions don't. > > I had no idea there was such a thing as a Linux swap file. I guess > > that's a recent thing. > > You could use a file as swap space in the early 2000s. I remember > doing that on a few machines then. > > > If my partition file becomes fragmented, is there a way for me > > to defragment it? > > Probably not. However, file fragmentation is not generally a problem > on modern machines because disks and CPUs are much faster than they were > in 1998. If you use ext4 and have a disk that's less than 10 years old > and less than 95% full, you will not notice anything. /swapfile on my > laptop has 11 extents and it doesn't seem to have any problems. > > -- > Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress > There is no Darkness in Eternity > But only Light too dim for us to see. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen