DEALLOCVT(1) General Commands Manual DEALLOCVT(1)
NAME
deallocvt - deallocate unused virtual consoles
SYNOPSIS
deallocvt [option...] [N ...]
DESCRIPTION
The command deallocvt deallocates kernel memory and data structures for all unused virtual
consoles. If one or more arguments N ... are given, only the corresponding consoles
/dev/ttyN are deallocated.
A virtual console is unused if it is not the foreground console, and no process has it
open for reading or writing, and no text has been selected on its screen.
OPTIONS
-V, --version
print program version and exit.
-h, --help
show this text and exit.
SEE ALSO
chvt(1), openvt(1)
kbd 17 Mar 1997 DEALLOCVT(1)
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