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