deallocvt.1 (753B)
- .\" @(#)deallocvt.1 1.0 970317 aeb
- .TH DEALLOCVT 1 "17 Mar 1997" "kbd"
- .SH NAME
- deallocvt \- deallocate unused virtual consoles
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .B deallocvt
- [\fI\,option\/\fR...]
- .RI [ N " ...]"
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .LP
- The command
- .B deallocvt
- deallocates kernel memory and data structures
- for all unused virtual consoles.
- If one or more arguments
- .IR N " ..."
- are given, only the corresponding consoles
- .I /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.
- .SH OPTIONS
- .TP
- .I "\-V, \-\-version"
- print program version and exit.
- .TP
- .I "\-h, \-\-help"
- show this text and exit.
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- .BR chvt (1),
- .BR openvt (1)