deallocvt(1)



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  se-
       lected on its screen.

SEE ALSO
       chvt(1), openvt(1)

                                  17 Mar 1997                     DEALLOCVT(1)

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