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
       -C, --console=DEV
	      the console device to be used.

       -V, --version
	      print version number.

       -h, --help
	      print this usage message.

AUTHORS
       Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>

SEE ALSO
       chvt(1), openvt(1)



kbd				24 October 2024			  DEALLOCVT(1)