how to drop swap?

[Tom Roche]

Tom Roche @ http://lists.phxlinux.org/lurker/message/20160301.213003.216a20ae.en.html
> 1. Is there a way to force a (Debian) device to {drop, unload, quit using, your more appropriate term here} current swap?
> 2. Is there no good reason to do this?
> 3. Is there a good reason to not do this?

Thanks all for your responses, esp Rusty Carruth and Bryan O'Neal. I have paid-forward the working scripts to https://bitbucket.org/tlroche/recover_memory .

HTH, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com>