Annotation of src/usr.bin/nohup/nohup.1, Revision 1.6
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38: .\" @(#)nohup.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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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
1.5 aaron 59: to be ignored.
1.1 deraadt 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.
1.6 ! aaron 66: .Pp
1.1 deraadt 67: The
68: .Nm nohup
69: utility shall exit with one of the following values:
1.6 ! aaron 70: .Pp
! 71: .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
1.1 deraadt 72: .It 126
73: The
74: .Ar utility
75: was found but could not be invoked.
76: .It 127
77: The
78: .Ar utility
1.5 aaron 79: could not be found or an error occurred in
1.4 aaron 80: .Nm nohup .
1.1 deraadt 81: .El
82: .Pp
1.5 aaron 83: Otherwise, the exit status of
1.1 deraadt 84: .Nm nohup
1.5 aaron 85: shall be that of
1.1 deraadt 86: .Ar utility .
1.6 ! aaron 87: .Sh ENVIRONMENT
! 88: The following environment variables affect the execution of
! 89: .Nm nohup :
! 90: .Bl -tag -width flag
! 91: .It Ev HOME
! 92: If the output file
! 93: .Pa nohup.out
! 94: cannot be created in the current directory, the
! 95: .Nm nohup
! 96: utility uses the directory named by
! 97: .Ev HOME
! 98: to create the file.
! 99: .El
1.1 deraadt 100: .Sh SEE ALSO
101: .Xr signal 3
102: .Sh STANDARDS
103: The
104: .Nm nohup
105: command is expected to be
106: .St -p1003.2
107: compatible.