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 se-
lected 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)
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