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

       -V, --version
              print program version and exit.

       -h, --help
              show this text and exit.

SEE ALSO

       chvt(1), openvt(1)

kbd                                                17 Mar 1997                                      DEALLOCVT(1)