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NAME

6       deallocvt - deallocate unused virtual consoles
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SYNOPSIS

9       deallocvt [N ...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       The command deallocvt deallocates kernel memory and data structures for
13       all unused virtual consoles.  If one  or  more  arguments  N  ...   are
14       given, only the corresponding consoles /dev/ttyN are deallocated.
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16       A virtual console is unused if it is not the foreground console, and no
17       process has it open for reading  or  writing,  and  no  text  has  been
18       selected on its screen.
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SEE ALSO

21       chvt(1), openvt(1)
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27                                  17 Mar 1997                     DEALLOCVT(1)