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35 | .\" @(#)nohup.1 6.8 (Berkeley) 7/27/91 | |
36 | .\" | |
37 | .Dd July 27, 1991 | |
b5dc1377 | 38 | .Dt NOHUP 1 |
af359dea | 39 | .Os |
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40 | .Sh NAME |
41 | .Nm nohup | |
42 | .Nd invoke a command immune to hangups | |
43 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
44 | .Nm nohup | |
45 | .Ar command | |
46 | .Op Ar arg ... | |
47 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
1896dca3 | 48 | The |
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49 | .Nm nohup |
50 | utility invokes | |
51 | .Ar command | |
52 | with | |
53 | its arguments | |
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54 | and at this time sets the signal |
55 | .Dv SIGHUP | |
56 | to be ignored. The signal | |
57 | .Dv SIGQUIT | |
58 | may also be set | |
b5dc1377 | 59 | to be ignored. |
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60 | If the standard output is a terminal, the standard output is |
61 | appended to the file | |
b5dc1377 | 62 | .Pa nohup.out |
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63 | in the current directory. |
64 | If standard error is a terminal, it is directed to the same place | |
65 | as the standard output. | |
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66 | .Pp |
67 | .Nm Nohup | |
1896dca3 | 68 | exits 1 if an error occurs, otherwise the exit status is that of |
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69 | .Ar command . |
70 | .Sh ENVIRONMENT | |
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71 | The following variable is utilized by |
72 | .Nm nohup . | |
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73 | .Bl -tag -width flag |
74 | .It Ev HOME | |
1896dca3 | 75 | If the output file |
b5dc1377 | 76 | .Pa nohup.out |
1896dca3 | 77 | cannot be created in the current directory, the |
b5dc1377 | 78 | .Nm nohup |
1896dca3 | 79 | utility uses the directory named by |
b5dc1377 | 80 | .Ev HOME |
1896dca3 | 81 | to create the file. |
af359dea | 82 | .El |
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83 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
84 | .Xr signal 3 | |
85 | .Sh STANDARDS | |
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86 | The |
87 | .Nm nohup | |
88 | command is expected to be | |
89 | .St -p1003.2 | |
90 | compatible. |