DEALLOCVT(1)                         General Commands Manual                         DEALLOCVT(1)



NAME
       deallocvt - deallocate unused virtual consoles

SYNOPSIS
       deallocvt [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.

SEE ALSO
       chvt(1), openvt(1)





                                           17 Mar 1997                               DEALLOCVT(1)