.\" @(#)deallocvt.1 1.0 970317 aeb .TH DEALLOCVT 1 "17 Mar 1997" .SH NAME deallocvt \- deallocate unused virtual consoles .SH SYNOPSIS .B deallocvt [ .I N ] .SH DESCRIPTION .LP The program .B deallocvt deallocates kernel memory and data structures for all unused virtual consoles. If an argument .I N is given, only .I /dev/ttyN is 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 "SEE ALSO" .BR chvt (1), .BR openvt (1)