Deallocation enables other users to allocate and use the device when you are finished.
Deallocate a device by using the deallocate command followed by the device file name.
sar1% deallocate st0 |
To deallocate a printer that is named chestnut, type the following command:
# deallocate /dev/lp/chestnut |
Devices that a user has allocated are not automatically deallocated when the process terminates or when this user logs out. You most commonly need to use the following form of the deallocate command when a user forgets to deallocate a specific device. The following command deallocates the device so that others users can allocate the device.
# deallocate -F st0 |
You can deallocate all devices only at system initialization time.
# deallocate -I |