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DEALLOCVT

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 24 October 2024
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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>