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disown [job ...]
The ksh93 disown command prevents the current shell from sending a HUP signal to each of the specified jobs when the current shell terminates a login session.
If job is omitted, disown sends the HUP signal to the most recently started or stopped background job.
The following operands are supported:
job
Specifies the job or jobs on which disown operates. Specify job as one of the following:
number
Refers to a process ID.
-number
Refers to a process group ID.
%number
Refers to a job number.
%string
Refers to a job whose name begins with string.
%?string
Refers to a job whose name contains string.
%+ or %%
Refers to the current job.
%-
Refers to the previous job.
0
Successful completion.
>0
One or more specified jobs does not exist.
Example 1 Disowning a Job
The following example disowns job 1:
example% disown %1
David Korn, dgk@research.att.com
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
| Interface Stability | Uncommitted |
bg(1), jobs(1), ksh93(1), wait(1), attributes(5)