Annotation of src/usr.bin/nohup/nohup.1, Revision 1.1
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! 37: .\" @(#)nohup.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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! 39: .Dd June 6, 1993
! 40: .Dt NOHUP 1
! 41: .Os
! 42: .Sh NAME
! 43: .Nm nohup
! 44: .Nd invoke a command immune to hangups
! 45: .Sh SYNOPSIS
! 46: .Nm nohup
! 47: .Ar utility
! 48: .Op Ar arg ...
! 49: .Sh DESCRIPTION
! 50: The
! 51: .Nm nohup
! 52: utility invokes
! 53: .Ar command
! 54: with
! 55: its arguments
! 56: and at this time sets the signal
! 57: .Dv SIGHUP
! 58: to be ignored.
! 59: If the standard output is a terminal, the standard output is
! 60: appended to the file
! 61: .Pa nohup.out
! 62: in the current directory.
! 63: If standard error is a terminal, it is directed to the same place
! 64: as the standard output.
! 65: .Sh ENVIRONMENT
! 66: The following variable is utilized by
! 67: .Nm nohup .
! 68: .Bl -tag -width flag
! 69: .It Ev HOME
! 70: If the output file
! 71: .Pa nohup.out
! 72: cannot be created in the current directory, the
! 73: .Nm nohup
! 74: utility uses the directory named by
! 75: .Ev HOME
! 76: to create the file.
! 77: .El
! 78: .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
! 79: The
! 80: .Nm nohup
! 81: utility shall exit with one of the following values:
! 82: .Bl -tag -width Ds
! 83: .It 126
! 84: The
! 85: .Ar utility
! 86: was found but could not be invoked.
! 87: .It 127
! 88: The
! 89: .Ar utility
! 90: could not be found or an error occurred in
! 91: .Nm nohup.
! 92: .El
! 93: .Pp
! 94: Otherwise, the exit status of
! 95: .Nm nohup
! 96: shall be that of
! 97: .Ar utility .
! 98: .Sh SEE ALSO
! 99: .Xr signal 3
! 100: .Sh STANDARDS
! 101: The
! 102: .Nm nohup
! 103: command is expected to be
! 104: .St -p1003.2
! 105: compatible.