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DEALLOCVT (1)

deallocate unused virtual terminals

SYNOPSIS

    deallocvt [ N1 N2 ... ]

DESCRIPTION

    If given no argument, the program deallocvt deallocates kernel memory and data structures for all unused virtual terminals. If arguments Ni are given, only TTY's /dev/tty Ni are deallocated.

    A virtual terminal 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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