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User Commands                                           disown(1)



NAME
     disown - ksh93 built-in function to disassociate a job  with
     the current shell

SYNOPSIS
     disown [job ...]


DESCRIPTION
     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.

OPERANDS
     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.



EXIT STATUS
     0     Successful completion.





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User Commands                                           disown(1)



     >0    One or more specified jobs does not exist.


EXAMPLES
     Example 1 Disowning a Job


     The following example disowns job 1:


       example% disown %1



AUTHORS
     David Korn, dgk@research.att.com

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



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    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWcs                      |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface Stability         | Uncommitted                 |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     bg(1), jobs(1), ksh93(1), wait(1), attributes(5)





















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