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deallocvt - Unix, Linux Command


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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.

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