1.\" 2.\" $DragonFly: src/bin/notty/notty.1,v 1.3 2008/06/24 21:13:26 thomas Exp $ 3.Dd May 27, 2008 4.Dt NOTTY 1 5.Os 6.Sh NAME 7.Nm notty 8.Nd Execute a program in the background, detached from the controlling terminal 9.Sh SYNOPSIS 10.Nm 11.Op Fl 012 12.Ar command Ar args ... 13.Sh DESCRIPTION 14The 15.Nm 16utility will detach the specified command from the controlling terminal, 17running it in the background. By default stdin, stdout, and stderr are 18set to /dev/null. 19.Pp 20The following options are available: 21.Bl -tag -width indent 22.It Fl 0 23Leave stdin open. 24.It Fl 1 25Leave stdout open. 26.It Fl 2 27Leave stderr open. 28.El 29.Sh HISTORY 30The 31.Nm 32command was originally written in 1994 by Matthew Dillon to provide 33a convenient shortcut for detaching programs. 34