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35.\"	@(#)nohup.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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37.Dd June 6, 1993
38.Dt NOHUP 1
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm nohup
42.Nd invoke a command immune to hangups
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Nm nohup
45.Ar command
46.Op Ar arg ...
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Nm nohup
50utility invokes
51.Ar command
52with
53its arguments
54and at this time sets the signal
55.Dv SIGHUP
56to be ignored. The signal
57.Dv SIGQUIT
58may also be set
59to be ignored.
60If the standard output is a terminal, the standard output is
61appended to the file
62.Pa nohup.out
63in the current directory.
64If standard error is a terminal, it is directed to the same place
65as the standard output.
66.Pp
67.Nm Nohup
68exits 1 if an error occurs, otherwise the exit status is that of
69.Ar command  .
70.Sh ENVIRONMENT
71The following variable is utilized by
72.Nm nohup .
73.Bl -tag -width flag
74.It Ev HOME
75If the output file
76.Pa nohup.out
77cannot be created in the current directory, the
78.Nm nohup
79utility uses the directory named by
80.Ev HOME
81to create the file.
82.El
83.Sh SEE ALSO
84.Xr signal 3
85.Sh STANDARDS
86The
87.Nm nohup
88command is expected to be
89.St -p1003.2
90compatible.
91