NOHUP(1) BSD General Commands Manual NOHUP(1)

NAME
     nnoohhuupp - invoke a command immune to hangups

SYNOPSIS
     nnoohhuupp utility [arg ...]

DESCRIPTION
     The nnoohhuupp utility invokes command with its arguments and at this time
     sets the signal SIGHUP to be ignored.  If the standard output is a termi-
     nal, the standard output is appended to the file nohup.out in the current
     directory.  If standard error is a terminal, it is directed to the same
     place as the standard output.

ENVIRONMENT     The following variable is utilized by nnoohhuupp.

     HOME  If the output file nohup.out cannot be created in the current
           directory, the nnoohhuupp utility uses the directory named by HOME to
           create the file.

DIAGNOSTICS     The nnoohhuupp utility shall exit with one of the following values:

     126     The utility was found but could not be invoked.

     127     The utility could not be found or an error occurred in nnoohhuupp.

     Otherwise, the exit status of nnoohhuupp shall be that of utility.

SEE ALSO
     signal(3)

STANDARDS
     The nnoohhuupp command is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 (``POSIX.2'') compat-
     ible.

BSD                              June 6, 1993                              BSD