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NAME

       deallocvt - 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/ttyNi 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.

SEE ALSO

       chvt(1), openvt(1).