DEALLOCVT(1)							 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)

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