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9.\"	@(#)nohup.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 06/06/93
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11.Dd
12.Dt NOHUP 1
13.Os
14.Sh NAME
15.Nm nohup
16.Nd invoke a command immune to hangups
17.Sh SYNOPSIS
18.Nm nohup
19.Ar command
20.Op Ar arg ...
21.Sh DESCRIPTION
22The
23.Nm nohup
24utility invokes
25.Ar command
26with
27its arguments
28and at this time sets the signal
29.Dv SIGHUP
30to be ignored. The signal
31.Dv SIGQUIT
32may also be set
33to be ignored.
34If the standard output is a terminal, the standard output is
35appended to the file
36.Pa nohup.out
37in the current directory.
38If standard error is a terminal, it is directed to the same place
39as the standard output.
40.Pp
41.Nm Nohup
42exits 1 if an error occurs, otherwise the exit status is that of
43.Ar command  .
44.Sh ENVIRONMENT
45The following variable is utilized by
46.Nm nohup .
47.Bl -tag -width flag
48.It Ev HOME
49If the output file
50.Pa nohup.out
51cannot be created in the current directory, the
52.Nm nohup
53utility uses the directory named by
54.Ev HOME
55to create the file.
56.El
57.Sh SEE ALSO
58.Xr signal 3
59.Sh STANDARDS
60The
61.Nm nohup
62command is expected to be
63.St -p1003.2
64compatible.
65