NOHUP
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NAME
nohup
- invoke a command immune to hangups
SYNOPSIS
nohup
command
[arg ...
]
DESCRIPTION
The
nohup
utility invokes
command
with
its arguments
and at this time sets the signal
SIGHUP
to be ignored. The signal
SIGQUIT
may also be set
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.
Nohup
exits 1 if an error occurs, otherwise the exit status is that of
command
ENVIRONMENT
The following variable is utilized by
nohup
- HOME
-
If the output file
nohup.out
cannot be created in the current directory, the
nohup
utility uses the directory named by
HOME
to create the file.
SEE ALSO
signal(3)
STANDARDS
The
nohup
command is expected to be
St -p1003.2
compatible.
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- ENVIRONMENT
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- SEE ALSO
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