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)