Where is the virtual memory swap file located?

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Where is the virtual memory swap file located? On Windows XP, it's called pagefile.sys. Anyone know where is it located on MacOS X?
 
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/private/var/vm/swapfile0

...or some similar name.
 
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caribiner23 said:
/private/var/vm/swapfile0

...or some similar name.
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Okay, I found the file. But in Finder, it shows that the swapfile0 is only 64MB while the Activity Monitor says the VM size is 3.95GB. I only have 1.5GB physical memory; if the swapfile is only 64MB, how could the VM size be 3.95GB?

Weird, isn't it?
 

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