swap file vs swap partition

[Steve Litt]

On Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:43:22 -0700
Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> 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. If my partition file becomes fragmented, is
there a way for me to defragment it?
 
SteveT

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