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  • not sure about linux specifically, but in AIX Unix, swapoff will fail with an error (return code 2, 3, or 4) if there are not sufficient free pages in RAM for the contents of the swap file. ibm.com/docs/es/aix/7.1?topic=s-swapoff-command Commented Jan 11 at 21:18
  • @FrankThomas oh I wouldn't expect that Linux can stop me from being stupid, but you seem to be right as I just checked man, thx let's make it an answer
    – banan3'14
    Commented Jan 11 at 22:26