NOHUP
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NAME
nohup
- invoke a command immune to hangups
SYNOPSIS
utility
[arg ...
]
DESCRIPTION
The
utility invokes
command
with
its arguments
and at this time sets the signal
SIGHUP
to be ignored.
If the standard output is a terminal, the standard output is
appended to the file
nohup.out
in the current directory.
If standard error is a terminal, it is directed to the same place
as the standard output.
ENVIRONMENT
The following variable is utilized by
- HOME
-
If the output file
nohup.out
cannot be created in the current directory, the
utility uses the directory named by
HOME
to create the file.
DIAGNOSTICS
The
utility shall exit with one of the following values:
- 126
-
The
utility
was found but could not be invoked.
- 127
-
The
utility
could not be found or an error occurred in
Otherwise, the exit status of
shall be that of
utility
SEE ALSO
signal(3)
STANDARDS
The
command is expected to be
St -p1003.2
compatible.
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- ENVIRONMENT
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- DIAGNOSTICS
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- SEE ALSO
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- STANDARDS
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